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150th Anniversary 
Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge


Lake Merritt 150th Anniversary
--- a celebration of stewardship & Lake Merritt history---

80min.     Closed Captioned     1920x1080
1. 150th Anniversary Intro by Mayor Schaaf 
2. Samuel Merritt & the Tidal Slough  
3. Paul Covel & the Rotary Nature Center
4. Wildlife Refuge: Birds & Migration; Marine Science
5. Lakelands: Restoring; Protecting; Enhancing
6. The People Refuge
7. Proclamations: East Bay Regional Parks Board,
​Oakland City Council, Office of the Mayor

Documentary by John Kirkmire
​Co-produced by Katie Noonan, David Wofford, John Kirkmire

Commentators:  Clay Anderson, Golden Gate Audubon --- Richard Bailey, Lake Merritt Institute Founder --- Nikki Bas, Oakland City Council --- Olga Bolotina, SF Bay Chapter Sierra Club Chair --- Jim Carlton, Marine Biologist --- Andrew Cohen, Center for Research of Aquatic BioInvasions --- Ellen Corbett, East Bay Regional Park District Board --- Adrian Cotter, Wildlife Banner Artist --- Jim Covel, Monterey Bay Aquarium --- Dan Kalb, Oakland City Council ---  David Lewis, Save SF Bay Executive Director --- Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Oakland City Council --- Katie Noonan, Rotary Nature Center Friends Co-Chair --- Joel Parrott, Oakland Zoo Executive Director --- Joel Peter, Measure DD Project Manager --- Robert Raburn, BART Director --- James Robinson, Lake Merritt Institute Exec. Director --- Dee Rosario, East Bay Regional Park District Board --- Libby Schaaf, Oakland Mayor --- Susan Schwartzenberg, Exploratorium --- Rob Stewart, Lake Merritt Breakfast Club Exec. Director --- Damon Tighe, California Center for Natural History --- Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist co-Founder --- David Wofford, Rotary Nature Center Friends Co-Chair --- Pam Young, Golden Gate Audubon Exec. Director

"Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge 150th Anniversary: a Tribute to Stewardship" ©2020 lakemerritt.org
150th is intended for non-commercial, educational purposes only. All rights reserved.
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Banner art by Adrian Cotter; Banner design by Kerstin Firmin
150th Anniversary Banners
Thanks to donor contributions, 20 banners are displayed on poles in Lakeside and Snow Parks.  DONORS include: Bruce De Benedictis, Daniel Levy & JinHee Ha, East Bay Regional Park District, Eddie Dunbar (Insect Museum), ​Frederick E. Hart Foundation, Joshua Davis (East Bay for Everyone), Kyle Milligan & Susan Casentini, Mary Ellen Navas & Robert Archibald, Oakland Zoo, Robert Raburn (BART), Sierra Club, Terry Smith (Community for Lake Merritt), Vickie Jacobs, Visit Oakland  / Mark Everton.  Special thanks to Deanna Osterberg, Chief Financial Officer, Lake Merritt Breakfast Club Charitable Foundation
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150th Anniversary Documentary

150th Time Stamps 
01:30​ 150th Anniversary Intro by Mayor Schaaf;
​ 
02:45​ Samuel Merritt & the Tidal Slough;  
05:20​ Paul Covel & the Rotary Nature Center;  
13:28​ Birds & Migration;  
27:11​ Marine Science;  
42:10​ The Refuge: Restoring;  
 
47:25​ Protecting;  
57:54​ Enhancing;   
1:01:53​ The People Refuge;   
1:14:14​ Proclamations: East Bay Regional Parks, Oakland City Council, Office of the Mayor;  
​ 
1:17:45​
Credits

150th Extras
150th Extras, time stamps.
00:01​ "Take One" humorous outtakes during the interviews, used as a promo.
07:22​. "The Lake Mayors" (Frank Mott 1905-1915 & John L Davie 1915-1930) is intended to bridge the historical gap between Samuel Merritt's lake refuge creation in 1870 and Paul Covel's arrival and influence at Lake Merritt beginning in 1933. Both mayors rode the wave of the "City Beautiful " urban movement at the turn of the century which was designed to bring nature and respectful respite to city dwellers. Most of the historical features that surround the lake and are shown in the clip were created during their stewardship. Segment not used in the 150th feature. 

Corrina Gould, spokesperson for the Confederated Village of Lisjan / Ohlone discusses how Lake Merritt was once a marshland home to generations of native Americans long before colonialists decimated the native culture & people and stole the land. Her insightful retelling of local history will both educate and inform viewers about the long-lasting scars of displacement. Interviewed 09/17/2020.

Recommended Readings​
​

The Long, Complex History of Oakland’s Man-Made Bird Islands. by Zoe Beery,   March 8, 2018

Birding Hotspot: Lake Merritt by Marissa Ortega-Welch, December 13, 2012 by GGAS

A Natural History of Oakland’s Lake Merritt. by Linda Watanabe McFerrin , January 2001
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Lake Merritt is a designated wildlife refuge

California Wildlife Act       
Statues of California        
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Eighteenth Session Chapter CCXXIV 
An Act to prevent the destruction of fish and game in, upon and around the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda.                   Approved March 18, 1870 

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 

Section 1
From and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill, capture, or in any manner destroy, any fish in the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, except by the use of a hook and line; but it shall be unlawful to use any set lines, night lines or crawls in said lake.  
Section 2
And be it further enacted, that from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, kill or destroy, in any manner whatever, the grouse, any species of wild duck, crane, heron, swan, pelican, snip, or any wild animal or game, of any kind or species whatever, upon, in or around Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, and within one hundred rods from high water mark upon the land around said lake.  
Section 3
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace of said county, or Police Judge of any city within said county, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such fine, shall be imprisoned in the county jail of said county, or within a city prison within said county, not more than six months nor less than one month.  
Section 4
The fines collected under this Act shall be paid into the county treasury, in all cases prosecuted before a Justice of the Peace, and into the city treasury in all cases of prosecution before a Police Judge of any city within the county.  
Section 5
This Act shall take effect and be in full force on and after its passage.
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