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Rotary Nature Center closed until further notice
 
NEWS:
  • (Free). JUNE 3, Lakeside Chat.  7 - 8 p.m. Speaker to be announced
  • Click on link for info and to register. ​You will receive zoom link in confirmation email.

Rotary Nature Center Friends Volunteers:
Adopt-a-Spot Cleanup at the Rotary Nature Center Grounds and the Sailboat House Marsh
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May 21,  9-11:30 a.m. Waivers will be supplied but kids <18 must have parent signature.
Wear a mask and clothes that can get dirty. City Covid rules apply.

Rotary Nature Center Friends Volunteers hold Monthly Adopt-a-Spot workdays on the 3rd Saturday of the month (exception being July when it will be on the 4th Saturday). RNC Friends Volunteers have been cleaning up and doing landscape tasks and planting informally during the Covid closure. 


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Try something new:
Download iNaturalist app and start capturing and cataloguing nature at Lake Merritt 

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iNaturalist
Listings for Lake Merritt:​

Lake Merritt
Projects
 
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including BioBlitz 
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Lake Merritt Observations 
nature captured by local iNaturalists


Lake Merritt
Species

iNaturalist catalogue of LM


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Prepping the RNC exhibits
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Ceremony re-opening the RNC, Feb. 16, 2019

Pop-Up Nature Exhibit Saturday,

​  September 14, 2019

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Katie Noonan & Students display the smallest of lake/marine creatures
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Terry Smith displays pollinator process and plants used by caterpillars/butterflies
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Adrian Cotter with his drawings/puzzle matching bird bodies & legs
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Alicia Goode offers a hands-on examination of owl droppings
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NEW: Golden Gate Audubon offers programs at the renovated Rotary Nature Center at Lake Merritt.   Please register for classes online. If you don’t have access to a computer, call (510) 843-2222 and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
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​Scenes from Rotary Nature Center Proposals, June 2, 2018 (link)
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Earth Day 2018 Landscaping at Rotary Nature Center
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before...
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...after
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Rotary Nature Center Ad Hoc group visits
​Shoreline Nature Center in Berkeley, March 2018
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Rotary Nature Center layout
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