San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society

Warm Springs Vernal Pool Monitoring and Habitat Restoration, funded by Wildlife Heritage Foundation. For Warm Springs, Wildlife Heritage Foundation description: Warm Springs is a unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The income from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation funds a Wildlife Biologist Associate position to help monitor and protect endangered and threatened species in this unique vernal pool habitat. Primary responsibilities: conduct invasive weed management including hand pulling and herbicide application, assist with surveys including hydrological monitoring of vernal pools, aquatic surveys for vernal pool biota including tadpole shrimp and California tiger salamanders; vernal pool vegetation surveys; summer vegetation surveys; and invasive weed surveys. Other responsibilities include seed collection and processing, data management, cross support with other Refuges, data entry, report preparation, and supply and equipment inventories.

Summer Camp Support 2024 - tee-shirts, materials, payroll part-time associate. Long-standing joint USFWS-SFBWS program for K-12 students from lower income areas; high school students attend training and then lead camp activities. 60 attendees, funded by Cargill, with more than 30 volunteers.

Restoration associated (funded by Cargill) performed habitat restoration on the east and south sides of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Transportation support for buses and other transport for K-12 students to visit Refuge, providing opportunities for environmental education and outreach to occur with program onsite. Support provided to under-represented and lower socioeconomic students/schools. Income for this fund raised in prior years; not used during COVID. Funded by donations.

Support San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex programs approved by the BOD, including volunteer support & recognition. Funded by donations and general reserves. Revenue (donations) is mostly not specific to these programs.

Peninsula Programs Coordinator delivered activities on the peninsula side of the San Francisco Bay portion of the Don Edwards SFB National Wildlife Refuge. Walks and Volunteer Work Days reached out to about 200 people, and raised awareness through Facebook and other social media posts. Funded by Electronic Arts