Other Resources

Albany Community:

City of Albany Parks & Open Space
Friends of Albany Hill
Albany Historical Society
Albany Strollers & Rollers –promoting and improving ways to walk and bicycle in Albany
Albany Hill 4 All –fighting removal of Albany Hill cross


Other Local Restoration or Open Space Groups:

Friends of Five Creeks –restoring & maintaining creeks and watersheds in Berkeley, Albany, & El Cerrito
El Cerrito Trail Trekkers –building, maintaining, and publicizing little known urban trails in El Cerrito
Garber Park Stewards  –restoring native plants and improving trails in Garber Park in Oakland
Friends of Sausal Creek –maintaining and restoring the Sausal Creek watershed
SPAWNERS –(San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society)
Urban Tilth –cultivating agriculture and watershed restoration in West Contra Costa County


Botanical or California native plant – related:

California Native Plant Society-East Bay Chapter
CalFlora –database of native and non-native plants growing wild in California
California Wildflowers
University & Jepson Herbaria
California Botanical Society
California Oaks Coalition
Native American Ethnobotany Database
Coastal Prairies in California — blog on coastal prairie restoration
California Invasive Plant Council
Berkeley Open Source Food –promoting foraging of weedy edible plants in urban areas


Other Natural History Links:

Xerces Society — conserving invertebrates (bees, butterflies, dragonflies, mollusks, etc) and their habitat
Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology-UC Berkeley
Golden Gate Audubon Society
Essig Museum of Entomology-UC Berkeley
Mushroom Observer
Bay Area Mycological Society
Mycological Society of San Francisco
The California Lichen Society


Indigenous People of the Bay Area:

Save West Berkeley Shellmound –Ohlone heritage site and sacred grounds
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust –urban Indigenous women-led land trust
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band


Geology:

Albany Hill geology walk

Geological Outings Around the Bay Area: Albany Hill

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