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Rotary Nature Center 
closed until further notice

​​Events: 

• October 7,  7 - 8 p.m., Lakeside Chat-- "The River Otter Ecology Project" with Megan Isidore.
  Will we see river otters return to Lake Merritt?  ​Click on link for info and to register. ​

​October 15,  9-11:30 a.m.. Rotary Nature Center Friends Volunteers
Adopt-a-Spot Cleanup at the Rotary Nature Center Grounds
and the Sailboat House Marsh
 
NEWS: Lake Merritt Algae Bloom update from city

"Harmful Algae Bloom"powerpoint by Damon Tighe
presented on Lakeside Chat 9/9/22, ©2022 Damon Tighe

DisSolved Oxygen in Lake Merritt (below) chart COURTESY OF ROTARY NATURE  CENTER FRIENDS

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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 
​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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Lake Merritt Marine Science. Interview with marine biologists Andrew Cohen and Jim Carlton. 7:11.      (Excerpt from "150th Anniversary of the LM Wildlife Refuge")

Prepping the RNC exhibits

Ceremony re-opening the RNC, 02/16/19

Pop-Up Nature Exhibit Saturday,

​  September 14, 2019

Katie Noonan & Students display the smallest of lake/marine creatures

Terry Smith displays pollinator process and plants used by caterpillars/butterflies

Adrian Cotter with his drawings/puzzle matching bird bodies & legs

Alicia Goode offers a hands-on examination of owl droppings

Golden Gate Audubon offers programs 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)

Earth Day 2018 Landscaping at Rotary Nature Center

before...

...after

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Rotary Nature Center Ad Hoc group visits
​Shoreline Nature Center in Berkeley, March 2018

Rotary Nature Center layout