Read our current and past e-Newsletters below.
January 2013
Celebrate World Wetlands Day |
Wetland Native Seed Farming |
New Watsonville Wetlands Watch Board Member |
Donate to WWW |
December 2012
Sign Up for Docent Training! |
Celebrating Our Docents & Volunteers |
Watsonville Trails and Restoration Plans Move Ahead |
Presentation: Marine Mammal Rescue |
New Watsonville Wetlands Watch Board Member |
November 2012
New Wetlands Mural Completed |
Bill’s Bench Is Dedicated |
Watsonville Wetlands Watch Goes Green! |
Presentation: Marine Mammal Rescue |
Sign Up for Docent Training! |
Recalling our Festive 20th Anniversary Party |
October 2012
Jon Weiand/Santa Cruz Sentinel
WWW Celebrates 20th Anniversary |
Presentation: What the Robin Knows |
Native Seed Farm Harvest Winds Down! |
Oct. 27 — Make a Difference for the Pajaro River |
Daniel Cassella Joins Restoration Staff |
Coastal Cleanup |
You Can Support Our Education Programs |
September 2012
Wetland Stewards Program Expands |
Wetland Steward Alumna Joins WWW Staff |
New Wetlands Educational Resource Center Mural |
Talk: Peregine Falcons |
20th Anniversary Celebration |
Final Wetlands Alive! Tour of 2012 |
August 2012
Michał Chełmowski
Hanson Slough Conservation Improvements |
Paddling on the Pajaro River |
Algal Blooms and Related Water Toxicity |
SCCCU Grant to WWW |
Come to our Annual Picnic |
Wetlands Alive! Tour |
Talk: Peregine Falcons |
July 2012
Bird Surveys |
Wetland Stewards Graduate |
A Wetland Steward’s Story |
Wetland Crusaders |
Presentation: Weather & Climate Change |
Wetlands Alive! Tour |
Annual Picnic |
June 2012
Public Meeting: Watsonville Slough Farms |
Summit for the Planet |
Students Monitor Native Plants |
AmeriCorps Interns Aid Watch |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Presentation: Weather & Climate Change |
Saturday Open House |
May 2012
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Presentation — First People Meet Second People: Ohlone Indians and Early Spanish Explorations |
Watch Gets Restoration Funding |
Saturday Open House |
Young People Protecting the Wetlands |
Public Meeting: Managing the Watsonville Slough Farms |
Support Us |
April 2012
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Docent Class of 2012 |
Students Build New Soil Bin |
Walk for the Wetlands or Sponsor a Walker! |
Richard Gurnee, Taxidermist Extraordinaire |
Help Us Win Grant |
Saturday Open House |
Presentation: Ohlone Indians & Early Spanish Explorations
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March 2012
World Wetlands Day |
Presentation — Rattlesnakes |
WERC Open Saturdays |
Burrowing Owl Events |
PVHS Celebrates World Wetlands Day |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Support our Special Events |
February 2012
© Brad Moon
Celebrate World Wetlands Day! |
Restoration Plantings Get Underway |
Presentation — Rattlesnakes |
Support our Habitat Restoration Projects
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January 2012
José Reynaldo da Fonseca
Wetland Stewards go to Oceans Weekend |
Docent Training Program |
Special Event — Burrowing Owl Project |
You Can Help!
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December 2011
Matching Gift Program Starts |
Coastal Prairie Restoration |
Wetlands Birds on Website |
Special Event – Burrowing Owl Project
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Docent Training Starts in January |
November 2011
WWW Selected for Matching Grant |
Field Trips |
Wetland Steward Samantha Patina |
Docent Training Starts in January
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October 2011
Presentation: Raptor Rehabilitation |
Students Begin Fall Restoration |
Citizen Scientists Count Birds |
Support Our Restoration Programs |
September 2011
New Wetland Stewards! |
More Birding, Less Driving |
Last Wetlands Alive! Tour |
Linda Yamane Captivates Audience |
Wetland Stewards Camping Trip |
Support Our Education Programs |
August 2011
© Don Getty, www.DonGettyWildlifePhotography.com
Seed Farm Harvest |
WWW Annual Picnic |
Tour the Wetlands |
Bald Eagles Spotted |
More Birding, Less Driving |
Soaproot Plant Spectacular! |
Help Protect the Horned Lark |
July 2011
2011 Wetland Stewards |
Presentation — Keeping Traditions Alive |
Wetlands Alive! Tour |
Students Study Wetlands Chemistry |
WWW Annual Picnic |
Support Our Work |
June 2011
Harris's Hawk. Photo: Some rights reserved by foxypar4
New Native Plant Found |
Tour the Wetlands |
Diving into Programs by Executive Director Craig Breon |
Rabbits Prefer Native Grasses |
Special Presentation: Keeping the Traditions Alive |
2011 Snapshot Day |
Raptors Visit Us |
Spring Fundraising Letter |
May 2011
One Person Can Make a Difference |
New! Summer Camp — Wild Wetland Summer Adventures |
Wildlife Turns Out for Wetlands Alive! Tour |
Talk: The World of Bats |
Earth Day 2011 Celebrations |
Docents have Wetlands Adventure |
Help us Provide Healthy Habitat for Wetlands Animals |
April 2011
© 2005 William Leonard. Lasiurus cinereus; Hoary Bat
Kris Beall Retires |
Craig Breon, executive director |
Wetlands Alive! Tours Start Up |
Talk: The World of Bats |
Frog Pond Habitat Restoration |
Support Our Work |
March 2011
The Race to Save the California Condor |
Cultural History of Pajaro Valley |
Vote for Us at Patagonia! |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
The Great-tailed Grackle |
Migration Festival |
WWW & The Soroptimists |
World Wetlands Day |
Support Our Work |
February 2011
Celebrate World Wetlands Day on Feb. 5 |
Wetlands Diorama in Production |
Presentation: The Race to Save the California Condor from Extinctions |
Watsonville Sloughs Seed Farm Gets Underway |
January 2011
Last Chance to Donate in 2010 |
Wetland Stewards Teach Others |
Students Take to the Fields |
Green Business Outreach |
December 2010
Photo by permission of: Mike Yip. Vancouver Island Birds.
Green Businesses Tour Wetlands |
Frog Breeding Pond |
Floodplain Project Begins |
PVHS Freshmen Learn Bioindicators |
Birding Basics Class |
You Can Help Protect our Environment |
November 2010
Kids Count |
Wetland Stewards Get Grant |
Plant Sale Supports Programs |
Docent Training to Begin Late January |
Bird Count Headed Online |
Annual Brunch Caters to Watch Supporters |
You Can Help Protect our Environment |
October 2010
Native Plant Sale |
Last Mile Restoration |
Wetland Stewards Kayak the Sloughs |
Birds of the Watsonville Sloughs |
Would You Like to Help Protect our Environment? |
September 2010
© 2001 John Game. Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Birds of the Sloughs |
Last Wetlands Alive! Tours |
New Face at the Watch—Adrienne Frisbee |
Tarplant Recovery |
Bear Talk Fills Room |
Monterey Bay Birding Festival |
Coastal Clean-Up Day |
Native Plant Sale |
Help Protect Our Environment |
August 2010
Photo by permission of Mike Yip, Vancouver Island Birds. © Mike Yip.
How Are We Doing? |
WWW Annual Picnic |
New Board Members |
Birding Basics Course |
Brown Bag Birding |
Bear Talk |
Birds of the Sloughs |
Monterey Bay Birding Festival |
Photographing Wild Birds |
Creative Art Journaling |
Bird-Themed Art Exhibition |
July 2010
WWW Picnic on July 11th |
New Business Outreach Committee Seeks Members |
Wetland Stewards Have Fun, Learn, and Teach |
Wetlands Education for 1,500 |
Expert Explains the Grid |
Students Restore West Struve Slough |
Partnerships Enhance Water Quality Monitoring |
Kayaking for Kids |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Help Us Get More Citizens to Protect our Environment |
June 2010
Become a “Prosumer” |
Scholarship Awarded |
Wetlands Alive! Tours Continue |
Project Tierra: Student Plant Monitoring |
WWW Picnic, July 11th |
New Sign Dedicated |
Support Our Work |
May 2010
Human Race Supports Wetlands Education |
Wetland Stewards Mentor Others |
Earth Day in Watsonville > |
Students Restore Land! |
Snapshot Day Checks Water Health |
Become a “Prosumer” |
Determining the Future for Water |
Planning for a 2035 Regional Blueprint |
32-Mile Rail Line Purchase |
April 2010
Wetlands Alive! Tours Resume April 10th |
Basket Weaving Traditions: An Evening with Julia and Lucy Parker |
Basket Weaving in the Wetlands Workshop |
Keep Our Wetlands Programs Afloat |
High Ground Organics Partnership |
Land Trust to Hold Community Forums |
March 2010
Burrowing Owl |
Intro to Birding Class |
Community Musical Planting Event |
Wetlands Alive!...Tours Start Up |
Water Supply Issues |
“Caring for Wetlands—An Answer to Climate Change” |
World Wetlands Day at PV High |
Second Graders Help, Too!. |
You Can Help |
February 2010
© Klaus von Schwanebach. All rights reserved.
Used by permission.
Used by permission.
World Wetlands Day |
Docent Training Begins Feb. 24th |
Intro to Birding Class |
PVHS Student in Antarctica |
Molly Underwood Joins WWW Staff. |
WWW Staff Provides Educational Opportunities |
WERC Greenhouse |
Frog Breeding on SCLT Properties |
You Can Help |
January 2010
Intro to Birding Class |
Reptiles and Amphibians Talk |
Watch Awarded New Trails Contract with City |
2010 Docent Training Program |
Last Mile of Watsonville Slough |
Grazing at DFG Property |
Teachers Trained to Monitor Wetlands |
Restoration Pays |
You Can Help |
December 2009
The Watch Makes an Altar |
Wetland Stewards Search the Heavens |
Back to School Brunch |
Docents Learn of Changing Sloughs |
2010 Docent Training Program |
Docent Extraordinaire |
Flood Control a Hot Topic |
You Can Help |
October 2009
Watch Wins Blue Ribbon |
Volunteer Spotlight |
New Trail Contract with City |
New Grants |
You Can Help |
September 2009
Grassland Restoration |
Digital Nature Photography Workshop |
Biodiversity Monitoring Program |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Ashley Ciglar |
Restoration Saturday |
Strawberry Festival |
Pacific Garbage Patch |
Northern Harriers |
August 2009
Minette Layne. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Source.
Nature Photography Workshop |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
Propagation Days |
Restoration Saturdays |
Strawberry Festival |
Wetlands Garden |
Birding Festival |
The Watch — Summer 2009
California red-legged frog. Photo by Chris Brown.
Public domain. Source.
Public domain. Source.
Red Legs and All |
From the Executive Director |
Mary Paul |
Farewell to Catherine Hatch |
New Maps |
Wetland Stewards Year |
Wetlands Alive! Tours |
New Grants Received |
Docent Class of 2009 |
Get Involved & Meet Others! |
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California Red-Legged Frog; Welcoming Restoration Specialist Mary Paul; Wetlands Lectures Attract Large Audiences; Mary Paul, Restoration Specialist Extraordinaire; Farewell to Catherine Hatch; New Maps on Website; Wetlands Stewards: Oh What a Year!; Poem: Imprisoned Wings; Wetlands Alive! Tours; WWW Awarded Key Grants; Docent Class of 2009. - Spring 2009 issue of The Watch (6.3MB)
Cara-Alexandra Sundell — After School and Wetlands Steward Coordinator; Watsonville Wetlands Watch Endowment Fund; Plans on Ice; Restoring Slough Edges; World Wetlands Day at the Watsonville Wetlands; What Is a Northern Harrier? New Outreach Committee; Fifth Annual Planting at Pajaro Valley High. - Fall 2008 issue of The Watch (2.6MB)
Another Great Year for Wetland Stewards; New staff member Genie Dee; Wetlands Alive! Tours; WWW float; Docent Class of 2008; Annual Picnic; Proposition 50 Grant to Fund Restoration. (Download .pdf 2.6mb). - Spring 2008 issue of The Watch (1.9MB)
New WWW Staff; A Note from the Interim Director; Volunteer Appreciation Celebration; Planning for Tarplant Hill; Environmental Hero: Bob Culbertson; Calendar; Birding the Pajaro Valley; Nature Watercolor Journaling workshop. - Fall 2007 issue of The Watch (6.7MB)
Junior Weed Warriors; Update on Wetland Stewards; Big Changes at the Fitz WERC; Science Illustration: A Project SEE Case Study; Spotlight on Restoration; Friends of Pajaro Dunes; Nature Watercolor Journaling Workshop; Volunteers in Action: Chris Johnson-Lyons; Free Water...It's on the House. - Summer 2007 issue of The Watch (3.8MB)
A Tilt toward the Sun; Local Donors Help Build Outdoor Curriculum for Watsonville Students; Wetlands Stewards End School Year with a Flourish; Docent Class of 2007; Tarplant Hill Preservation Celebrated. - Spring 2007 issue of The Watch (369KB)
Through the Eyes of an Intern; Introducing the Wetland Stewards Program; New Volunteer Coordinator; Volunteer Spotlight: Alice Weigel; Docent Training Program; The Tale of Tar Plant Hill; Where have all the frogs gone?; Letting Down their Roots. - Fall 2006 issue of The Watch (273KB)
Sedges have Edges; Fitz WERC Native Plant Demonstration Garden; Our Greenhouse Opens. - Summer 2006 issue of The Watch (314KB)
Watching over the prairie ; Cleaning up our water; Teachers and Students Get Their Feet “Wet;” Super Volunteer; Master Wildlife Artist. - Spring 2006 issue of The Watch (264KB)
Birding the Sloughs; Open House; National Fish and Wildlife Service restoration project; employee profiles; Bay Breeze outreach project; and other events. - Fall 2005 issue of The Watch (614KB)
Disappearing plant species; A WERC in progress; Late Summer Members' Picnic; and other events. - Spring/Summer 2005 issue of The Watch
New Wetlands Education Resource Center Groundbreaking; WERC Coordinator Hired; Wail Tail Grant Update; Earth Day. - Spring 2005 issue of The Watch (4.1MB)
Slough Niche: Journey Into the Night; Environmental Improvements to PVHS; Educational Environmental Success Story; Progress Report on WERC. - Summer 2004 issue of The Watch (1.3MB)
Slough Niche: Wrapped in Wings; Field Notes...; Whale Tale Grant; Success to Volunteers; Louise Newberry; and Pajaro River Flood Control Project Alternatives. - Spring 2004 issue of The Watch (1MB)
Slough Niche: Why Duck Populations Change; Rumme: Living River; What's News; Fighting to Save the River; Winter Restoration Work in the Sloughs; and Red-legged Frogs: Living on the Fringe. - Spring/Summer 2003 issue of The Watch (228K)
Slough Niche: Under an Owl Moon; Earthday Celebration; A Whale of a Tale. - Spring 2003 issue of The Watch (1.4MB)
Slough Niche: Swainson's Hawk; Groundbreaking for Pajaro Valley High School; WWW Activities in 2002.