EV is an Official “Palo Alto Adult School Partner” for Spring 2025
The Environmental Volunteers has been offering Nature Science Hikes through the Palo Alto Adult School for several years, as part of their Nature and Environment course offerings. Our EV docents...
Slime Mold
Slime MoldBy: EV StaffImagine taking a Bay Area winter hike and seeing this:Photo by: Kelly Graham (“eggs”)What you’re looking at are unrelated eukaryotic organisms informally called Slime Mold, a...
Birding at Foothills Nature Preserve
Birding at Foothills Nature PreserveBY DIANE MCCOY AND EVE MEIER View from Foothills Nature PreserveA lake for winter ducks and summer swallows, a panoramic vista for soaring hawks and cruising...
Book Review – THE CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS
Book Review – THE CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLASBy Obi Kaufmann Obi Kaufmann’s California Field Atlas is a creation of the heart. It is an atlas, field guide, history, and art all rolled into one, and we...
Fall Birding at the Emily Renzell Ponds
Fall Birding at the Emily Renzell PondsGadwallThe fall birding season is shaping up at Emily Renzell Ponds. With, thankfully, blue skies and cooler temps there’s lots to see. Hundreds of ducks will...
Outdoor Adventures at Fremont Older
Outdoor Adventures at Fremont OlderCalling all hiking enthusiasts! If you live in West San Jose near Miller Middle School or Lynbrook High School, I recommend hiking in the Fremont Older park. In...
Early Days of Stevens Creek -Villa Maria Farm and Winery history
Early Days of Stevens Creek -Villa Maria Farm and Winery historyWonder what our Stevens Creek Field Trip would have looked like 120 years ago? I was curious and did some research.The entire...
Being in the Woods: A Huddart Park Story
Woodside California On a bright spring morning, 2nd graders from Addison School in Palo Alto traveled to Huddart Park for a field trip with Environmental Volunteers. They were bursting with...