January 7; 8:00am-10:00am: Free birding
tours at the San Jacinto Wetlands!! Join Audubon Society
volunteers as they lead a once-a-month birding excursion on the
first Saturday of each month through May. Polish your binoculars
so you can spot some of the120 species of birds that have been
observed at the wetlands.Reservations are not required. For meeting
and location information, check out this article.
Information: 951-928-3777, ext. 4226.
January 12; 4:00pm-5:30pm: UCR Friends
of the Santa Ana River Meeting - Join local professionals,
students and professors at the UCR Orbach Science Library (room
240) to discuss Santa Ana River Watershed issues. Guest speaker
Patricia Lock-Dawson, long time Riverside activist and consultant,
will present on the topic of: “Stewardship of the Santa
Ana: Ways to Involve and Engage our Communities”. The closest
parking is in Visitor
Lot 10.
January 21, January 28 & February 4; 10:00am-3:00pm:
Free environmental educator workshops!! Check out the Project
Learning Tree, Project Wet and Project
Flying Wild workshops - all are free events and include
a curriculum guide. To register contact Carrie Raleigh at carrie@sawaedu.org
or 909-280-1120. For details go here.
January 28; 8:00am-12:00pm: Volunteer for hands-on
restoration work at the Chino Creek Wetlands & Educational
Park. Hosted by Inland Empire Utilities Agency and the Santa Ana
Watershed Association. For more details check out the flyer.
February 4; 8:00am-11:00a: Looking for a volunteer
event?? Join Waterkeeper staff as we partner with Keep
Riverside Clean & Beautiful for their City of
Riverside Ward
2 community event. Help us improve our local neighborhoods
and waterways by participating in the litter cleanups, graffiti
removal, storm drain cleanups, and plantings. Details on the event
can be found
here.
