Great Work And Many Thanks!

Great work and many thanks to all who participated in the Wavecrest work day yesterday. The Junior Land Stewards plots are looking great, and have been sheet mulched to prevent future weeds, and to retain critical moisture during these dry months. It was a beautiful day, with a mixture of familiar and new faces, including a trio of young girls (one birthday girl in a rainbow tutu who turned three). If you missed out this time, please plan to join us on July 16, as we return to Wavecrest to do more good work.

Thank you to Barbara Dye and Sara Polgar for all these great photos.

Thank you so MULCH!

Great thanks to Todd Seeley and the City of Half Moon Bay public works department, and also the Half Moon Bay Soil Farm for providing and delivering mulch to the Junior Land Stewards garden plots in preparation for our Wavecrest work day next Saturday, May 21. This was no small feat, and we thank you all for this good work.

Don’t forget to join us on the coastal prairie for a habitat restoration workday at Wavecrest Open Space on Saturday, May 21 from 10:00am- 12:00pm PDT. We are excited to be back in person and tending the earth together again. We have missed seeing our dedicated supporters (old and new) in person. 

We'll be removing invasive plants around the Junior Land Stewards plots, and some additional spots. Meet at the Smith Field ballparks at the end of Wavecrest Road in Half Moon Bay. Wear layers, sturdy shoes, and sun protection. All ages welcome and encouraged. Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Directions to Wavecrest Restoration Work Day Meetup

Many Thanks To Our Generous Donors From Coastside Gives

Thank you to so many of you for your generosity and continued support. We have met our match to fund our Junior Land Stewards Program for academic year 2022-23. The Junior Land Stewards Program connects the students of the Cabrillo Unified School District with their local open spaces, and guides them in developing the environmental literacy skills and desire to become lifelong stewards of open space. We thank you for your generous donations that will support our next generation of land stewards, as well as the preservation and protection of our coastal open spaces.

If you would still like to make a donation, please click the link below. Thank you.

Today is the Day- Coastside Gives

Today is the day! Help the Coastside Land Trust meet our $50,000 goal to fully fund our Junior Land Stewards Program for academic year 2022-23. We are fortunate to have received a 50% match of $25,000 from dedicated supporters. Please help us reach this match and meet our goal. The Junior Land Stewards Program connects the students of the Cabrillo Unified School District with their local open spaces, and guides them in developing the environmental literacy skills and desire to become lifelong stewards of open space.

Please help Coastside Land Trust fund this program by donating at Coastside Gives to fund this program and help preserve the lands you love with double impact.

Celebrating our new official Junior Land Stewards

The Junior Land Stewards Program has wrapped up for this school year and these remarkable students accomplished so much. Take a look at all of the work they've done and discover how much they've bloomed. Thank you to everyone who supported this incredible program, we can't wait to meet our new group of Junior Land Stewards next year!

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Celebrating the earth with Jo Chamberlain

Last Wednesday Jo Chamberlain, Executive Director here at the Coastside Land Trust, visited the Sea Crest school to share in the celebration of their Coast Week. Jo shared a story, and joined students as they created chalk art to show what they love about the nature on the coast around them. The Junior Kindergarten students illustrated a book featuring the flowers they had drawn from their nature study in Marine Science to thank Jo for all of the ways she continues to help protect our coast.

Coastside Land Trust Demonstration Garden

If you are in town and looking for a bit of an education on some of our local plants, come check out the Coastside Land Trust demonstration garden. It is located outside our office at 788 Main Street. Here you will see some some Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum, California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Sea Thrift Armeria maritima - to name a few. Please don’t mind the California Poppy Eschscholzia californica trying to steal the show. It IS beautiful, so can you blame it?

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The Coastside Land Trust welcomes Sara Polgar back to the board of directors

We are excited to announce that Sara Polgar rejoined the Coastside Land Trust board of directors in March. Sara lives on the coast with her husband Ayad and son Emil. She also works on the coastside on erosion and sediment management, climate adaptation and habitat restoration projects for the San Mateo Resource Conservation District. Previously, Sara served as a Half Moon Bay Planning Commissioner and was a coastal planner with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Sara holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in biology and a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Sara brings with her a passion for protecting and caring for our open spaces and for helping people to enjoy and connect with these special places. She has a deep commitment to the Coastside Land Trust and has been integral to the organization in many capacities since she joined our forces in 2011. We are all grateful for the leadership and vision that Sara brings to the Coastside Land Trust and to the community.

Thanks to the Abundant Grace Coastside Worker Program

The Coastside Land Trust wishes to share our immense gratitude for the Abundant Grace Coastside Worker program. Abundant Grace engages people experiencing homelessness, and these workers have been cleaning our coastal trail. Their monthly Wavecrest cleanups have removed thousands of pounds of trash from our shared open spaces. Here are only a few photos of what they have removed from the Wavecrest Open Space. Thank you to all who make this happen.

The History of Botanical Exploration of the San Mateo Coast recording

Have you ever wondered how we know what plants grow along our coast? Join local botanist and author, Toni Corelli, in this recording as she shares the history of botanical exploration along the San Mateo coast, including the pioneer collectors and what has been collected and documented through time.

Webinar references provided by Toni Corelli

If you would like to purchase Plants and Plant Communities of the San Mateo Coast, by Avis Boutell, Toni Corelli, and Nancy Frost please email us at info@coastsidelandtrust.org or give us a call at our office.

If you would like to join us in August as Toni Corelli explores the wetland plants of the San Mateo Coast check out our UPCOMING WEBINARS.

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In Memorial of Ryan Popple

The Coastside Land Trust is deeply grateful to all those who have honored the life of Ryan Popple and his passion for the environment and the Half Moon Bay Coastside by supporting the extension of his favorite Wavecrest Open Space Trail in Half Moon Bay along the Pacific coast. All of these generous memorial donations will fund a Wavecrest trail extension and a dedicated overlook in honor of Ryan and his family. This trail will extend and enhance the access and enjoyment into our beautiful shared open space for present and future generations to come.

Coastside Gives

Help us meet our $50,000 goal to fully fund our Junior Land Stewards Program for academic year 2022-23. We are fortunate to have received a 50% match from dedicated supporters. The Junior Land Stewards Program works with elementary school students in the Cabrillo Unified School District. Half Moon Bay High School Environmental and Agricultural Science students present the field portion of the program on local open space lands and guide the primary students in developing the environmental literacy skills and desire to become life-long stewards of open space.

Please help Coastside Land Trust fund this program by donating through the Coastside Gives portal. Schedule your donation now to fund this program and help preserve the programs and lands you love with double impact.

Thank you for your support!

Habitat Restoration Work Days Are Coming Back. Join us at Wavecrest Open Space.

Join us on the coastal prairie for a habitat restoration workday at Wavecrest Open Space on Saturday, May 21 from 10:00am- 12:00pm PDT. Come one, come all! We are excited to be back in person and tending the earth together again. We have missed seeing our dedicated supporters (old and new) in person.

We'll continue our work removing invasive plants around the coastal trail and the Junior Land Stewards Plots, picking up trash, and abating graffiti. Meet at the Smith Field Ballparks at the end of Wavecrest Road in Half Moon Bay. Wear layers, sturdy shoes, and sun protection. If you plan to participate in graffiti abatement, wear clothes that can get muddy! All ages welcome and encouraged. Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Directions to Wavecrest Restoration Work Day Meetup

Half Moon Bay High School Agriscience- Coastside Land Trust connection

Image featured in San Mateo County Office of Education Newsletter

Check out the article featured in the San Mateo County Office of Education newsletter featuring the Junior Land Stewards and their connection to the Half Moon Bay High School Agriscience students.

Soil Health and the San Mateo Coast webinar recording

Enjoy the recording from Stephanie Frischie, of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, as she discusses soil health, and the ecology and role of soil invertebrates. Frischie also discusses management strategies to support soil life.

Check out the resource lists provided by our presenter:

Xerces Soil Resource List

Recommended Plants for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects: California Central Coast Region

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Soil Health and the San Mateo Coast free community webinar

Photograph by Bruno Pereira

Join us next Saturday at 10:00 am PST for our free community webinar in which Stephanie Frischie, of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, discusses soil health, and the ecology and role of soil invertebrates. Frischie will also discuss management strategies to increase beneficial microbial populations. All are welcome.

Generosity Blooms for the Junior Land Stewards

Thanks to Lynn from Half Moon Flowers, the Junior Land Stewards got to take part in their class flower dissections and learn all about the structure and functions of a flower. Lynn continues to be a generous flower donor to the JLS program, and we are thankful to her for it! Haley Peterson, JLS program manager is pretty happy amidst all of those blooms. Here are a few pics of the kids in action…

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Junior Land Stewards Program virtual flower dissection

Check out what the Junior Land Stewards Program has been doing in the classroom, while their own plants are establishing themselves out in the open space lands. Program manager, Haley Peterson leads this flower dissection for the Hatch and El Granada elementary school fourth graders.

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Junior Land Stewards El Granada Elementary School Update

Thanks to the continued support of our donors, the Junior Land Stewards of El Granada Elementary are working hard and learning a lot. Click the picture above to read their January update.

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Native Bees: Our Coastal Pollinators

Enjoy the recording, as Sarah Caso and Dr. Gordon Frankie of the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab join the Coastside Land Trust webinar series to share about the general biology and ecology of native bees and their communities, efforts to help in population growth, and gardening for bees. Dr. Frankie is also co-author of California Bees & Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists. This presentation is followed by a Q and A session.

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