Albany Hill, the little hill next to the East Bay shoreline, is an ancient and sacred hill. It has a fascinating geological, natural, and human history. We help the hill through habitat restoration and environmental education work. We remove invasive plants, clean up trash, and restore and augment native plant populations with stock grown from Albany Hill seeds and cuttings. We also hold nature walks and other activities on the hill to help people appreciate the plants and animals as well as history of the little hill. Join us.
Albany Hill Hundreds of Years Ago
In California’s past thousands of native people in hundreds of different groups lived here (and their descendants still live here). The landscapes were different. Tule elk and pronghorn antelope, for instance, grazed in huge herds on native grasslands and grizzly bears roamed hills and valleys. Laura Cunningham, an artist and naturalist trained in biology and…
Plants & Animals of Albany Hill
Checklist of Plants Bryophytes (Mosses, Hornworts, Liverworts) Mini-Herbarium -photos of plant specimens Birds Fungi Lichens Butterflies & Moths Reptiles & Amphibians iNaturalist -what lives on Albany Hill/Cerrito Creek Insects of Cerrito Creek/Albany Hill
Fascinating Facts About Albany Hill
Albany Hill is composed of sandstone and shale formed over 145 million years ago in the Jurassic period. Huchiun people lived along the creek on the north end of the hill for thousands of years. Evidence of their presence shows in the morteros they created in rocks on the east side of the hill, where…
