CNPS Yerba Buena Natural History Walks

Please note: Field trips participants must submit an online waiver

And special thanks to our dedicated field trip leaders!

 

San Bruno Mountain, Buckeye Canyon

Saturday, May 23,2026, 10am-2pm

Leader: David Nelson

Buckeye Canyon offers a habitat quite different from most of San Bruno Mountain. Excessive rainfall in the November and December of 2022 set the stage for a tragedy. Then, on December 31, 2022 an atmospheric river dumped over six inches of rain in a continuous 12-hour period and caused a horrific landslide that changed the geology of the canyon from top to bottom. Now— 3 years later— the canyon is healing itself, and with some outstanding stewardship it is bending to mostly native species. We’ll conduct a bioblitz to assess the plants that have repopulated the erosion event. Along the way we will discuss the ecology of erosion events in a California Coastal climate and review of the science of erosion events as described by the USGS and other scientists.

Bring your cellphone with the i-Nat application loaded, and a lunch or snacks and water and sunscreen.

Contact David at nelsondl@pacbell.net to register and get directions to the meeting place

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Explore Edgewood with Kipp

Saturday, June 13, 2026, 10am-1pm

Leader: Kipp McMichael

Hike the Serpentine hillside in search of wildflowers including possible Calochortus at Edgewood Park in Redwood City.  Enjoy the views, the grasslands, oaks, and chaparral and the many native plants in this San Mateo’s only nature preserve.

There are butterflies, lizards and birds, and mammals that we may also see.

Meet in the parking lot at 10 Old Stagecoach Road, Redwood City

Please note: Field trips participants must submit an online waiver

 

 

 

 

 

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