R. Nature Cntr

EVENTS:
Lakeside Chat, December 6, 7-8:30 pm zoom
Oxygen for Lake Merritt: Update on Water Quality with Ben Chen https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxygen-for-lake-merritt-update-on-water-quality-with-ben-chen-tickets-1076746701369 Join us for a free online presentation about the challenges of managing low dissolved oxygen in beautiful Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland California. Our guest speaker, Ben Chen, is a Certified Lake Manager, biologist, ecologist , and Senior Scientist at the LakeTech corporation, currently working with the City of Oakland on the Lake Merritt Water Quality Management Plan. LakeTech was the first company to respond to the catastrophic fish kill in August 2022, when oxygen in the lake dropped to zero because of a harmful algal bloom. Partnering with the Lake Merritt Institute, LakeTech installed 24/7 monitoring equipment, ever since infusing discussions of Lake Merritt management strategies with an up-to-date background of relevant high-quality seasonal data. He has proposed and is testing cutting-edge technological solutions to maintain acceptable dissolved oxygen levels and envision rescue actions in case of new severe low oxygen events.
Join us. Free on Zoom. A zoom link will be emailed to you before the program.

Rotary Nature Center
Closed fire damage link

Community for Lake Merritt is the official fiscal sponsor of the Rotary Center and Wildlife Refuge. CLM's focus is to protect, improve and promote the Rotary Nature Center and Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge. They are raising funds to help repair RNC.. https://communityforlakemerritt.org/

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

iNaturalist
Listings for Lake Merritt:

Lake Merritt
Projects
including BioBlitz

LM Observations
nature captured by local iNaturalists

LM Species
iNaturalist catalogue of LM

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.