Mission Blue Nursery Summer Plant Sale! 10am to 3pm on Saturday, June 13th from 10am to 3pm.
Join the Dune Defenders on the ancient dunes on the west end of San Bruno Mountain! We’ll be removing ice plant and other invasive plants to benefit the endangered San Francisco Lessingia plant and other native dune flora.
Join the Mission Blue Nursery team on San Bruno Mountain!
Help us collect seeds and berries for the nursery. Each month we’ll focus on and learn about different species and regions of the mountain. We’ll also lead seed cleaning and processing activities after collecting.
Be part of the Colma Creek Collective! Work with San Bruno Mountain Watch to improve the headwaters of Colma Creek. The event will focus on invasive plant removal in an important riparian area for birds.
Join the Mission Blue Nursery team on San Bruno Mountain!
Help us collect seeds and berries for the nursery. Each month we’ll focus on and learn about different species and regions of the mountain. We’ll also lead seed cleaning and processing activities after collecting.
Volunteer at the Mission Blue Nursery! Sign up and choose which nursery activity to help with!
Russ Aguilar, San Bruno Mountain Watch’s Interpretive Specialist, will lead a guided walk and macrophotography lesson from 1PM to 3PM on Saturday, May 23rd! Russ is a terrific naturalist and expert invertebrate photographer.
If you have a camera with a macro lens, bring it, but if not, you will be able to borrow a clip-on macro lens for your smartphone!
Learn about nature's smallest animals while picking up techniques on how to capture their photos in their native environment.
The hike will be about 2.5 miles on the Dairy Ravine Trail and Summit Loop Trail. The hike included some uphill segments on a gravel and dirt trail.
Join the Dune Defenders on the ancient dunes on the west end of San Bruno Mountain! We’ll be removing ice plant and other invasive plants to benefit the endangered San Francisco Lessingia plant and other native dune flora.
Guided Hike: Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology & How the Flora Responded to a Devastating Debris Flow in Buckeye Canyon
Colma Creek flows from the peaks of San Bruno Mountain all the way to the San Francisco Bay. Help us revitalize a portion of Colma Creek's shoreline on National River Clean-Up Day.
Grand opening ceremony for the San Bruno Mountain Day Use Area
Help San Bruno Mountain Watch maintain the San Bruno Mountain Botanical Garden at San Bruno Mountain State & County Park!
Gardening activities may include planting, weeding, pruning, mulching, and watering.
Join us for an interactive workday as we plant and maintain the test plot at the Crocker Gate Trailhead of San Bruno Mountain in Daly City!
Russ Aguilar, San Bruno Mountain Watch’s Interpretive Specialist, will lead a bug safari hike, from 10AM to 12:30PM on Saturday, April 25th!
The hike will be about 2 miles and the group will explore bugs along the route.
On this Earth Day, San Bruno Mountain Watch welcomes you to join ecological restoration fellow Emily Martin in Owl and Buckeye Canyon for a guided walk and reflection session. Emily will lead participants in an exploration of how we can engage in land-based caretaking and revolutionary land-based connections that go beyond a single day on the calendar. How can we hold onto hope considering the uncertainty within these times?
Help remove invasive plants like French broom and bristly ox-tongue from Owl Canyon!
We will be working in a flat area at the base of the canyon.
This event is hosted in partnership with the City of Brisbane and Brisbane’s Open Space & Ecology Committee and in honor of Earth Day!
Colma Creek flows from the peaks of San Bruno Mountain all the way to the San Francisco Bay. Help us revitalize a portion of Colma Creek's shoreline along the Bay Trail. Together we can create a more biodiverse, resilient, and beautiful creek. Join us for a variety of activities including planting natives, invasive plant removal, trash pick-up, bird watching, water-coloring, storytelling, and more. Free educational booklet provided. All ages!
Help San Bruno Mountain Watch maintain the San Bruno Mountain Botanical Garden at San Bruno Mountain State & County Park!
Gardening activities may include planting, weeding, pruning, mulching, and watering.
Join San Bruno Mountain Watch for a planting day and guided interpretive walk exploring the habitat and the history of the endangered San Bruno Elfin butterfly
Mission Blue Nursery Spring Plant Sale! 10am to 3pm on Saturday, March 21st from 10am to 3pm.
San Bruno Mountain Watch interpretive specialist, Russ Aguilar, will be delivering a lecture for the Daly City History Guild!
Learn about the Nike missile silos around the SF Bay Area, including the one on San Bruno Mountain. An early-warning radar and missile-control site was located on the western ridge of San Bruno Mountain, beginning in the 1950s, as part of Nike anti-aircraft defense systems
Come join us on the mountain as we celebrate International Women's Day by participating in a guided hike with ecological restoration fellow Emily Martin.
Work with San Bruno Mountain Watch to improve the headwaters of Colma Creek. The event will focus on planting native riparian species that support pollinators.
Russ Aguilar, San Bruno Mountain Watch’s Interpretive Specialist, will lead an amphibian walk in Own Canyon, from 10AM to 12PM on Saturday, February 21st!
The walk will focus on the Pacific Chorus Frogs that are breeding in the canyon. We will discuss the special adaptations these various species have to survive in the San Bruno Mountain ecosystem. We will also explore a trail to see what other kinds of amphibians we can find. Expect to get a bit muddy!
Help plant native plants and remove invasive weeds from the grasslands along the ridge. These stewardship efforts will help protect habitat for the endangered mission blue and callippe silverspot butterflies and encourage an increased abundance of native wildflowers.
Russ Aguilar, San Bruno Mountain Watch’s Interpretive Specialist, will lead a winter wildflower walk, from 10AM to 12:30PM on Saturday, February 7th!
The hike will be about 2 miles and the group will explore the wildflowers along the route.
Work with San Bruno Mountain Watch & Pollinator Partnership to improve the headwaters of Colma Creek. The event will focus on planting native riparian species that support pollinators.
Help plant San Francisco campion (Silene verecunda), a very rare and beautiful plant!
Help plant San Francisco campion (Silene verecunda), a very rare and beautiful plant!
Wreath-making workshop at Mission Blue Nursery using San Bruno Mountain native plants! Also, watercolor your own botanical greeting cards!
