Friends of Pinole Creek welcomes you to join in the following community events to support the Pinole Creek Watershed. All ages are welcome, everyone has a role to play!

Ongoing: Pinole Creek Allies Monthly Cleanups

Every month, Pinole Creek Allies co-hosts a creek cleanup with a different community group. Find the cleanup data at the Pinole Creek Allies Monthly Cleanups page.

Subscribe to our email list for more information about the cleanups.

Bird Walk with Golden Gate Audubon Society: March 18th, 8:30 am at Bayfront Park

Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed is pleased to welcome community members to a bird walk with the Golden Gate Audubon Society. Derek Heins, guest speaker at the Birds of our Watershed talk, will lead a bird walk in the Pinole Creek Watershed. You can find the slides from Derek’s talk on Friends of Pinole Creek’s website here. Parking and bathrooms are available at Bayfront Park. We hope to see you soon!

March Community Creek Cleanup: March 25th at the Henry Ave. Bridge

This cleanup is co-hosted by Earth Team, Pinole Creek Allies, and The Watershed Project.

10:00am-12:00pm – Creek Cleanup

12:00pm-1:00pm – Water quality monitoring lesson and talk by Satoko Mills from The Watershed Project

Earth Day 2023

Earth Day Cleanup: April 15th at Bayfront Park

Join Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed, Pinole Creek Allies, Earth Team & The Contra Costa Resource Conservation District for an Earth Day creek cleanup!

Earth Day Walk with the City of Pinole: April 22nd at Fernandez Park

We hope that the Friends of the Pinole Creek community will be able to join us in a walking pledge to protect the planet! Read more and register for the event here.

Past Events

SHACK15 Conversations: No Trace Trails

Feb 22, 2023

Join Win Cowger, the scientist who supported a trash assessment of the Pinole Creek Watershed, for for an evening of trash talk. No Trace Trails will share its plan to conduct the largest-of-its-kind litter and microplastic survey, hiking 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Coast Trail. 

Presentation on Birds in our Watershed

February 2nd, 2023: 6:30-8:00 pm at the Pinole Library

Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed is pleased to welcome community members to an educational event with the Golden Gate Audubon Society. Join us in the community meeting room at the Pinole Library!

Guest speaker, Derek Heins, will present about bird life in the Pinole Creek Watershed. The Golden Gate Audubon Society engages people to experience the wonder of birds and to translate that wonder into actions which protect native bird populations and their habitats.

Pollinator Planting: Native Plants for Pollinators

Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed was awarded a habitat kit with 85 native plants from the Xerces Society to develop habitats that support monarchs and other pollinators. 

We will be planting in the Upper Watershed (a mile past Castro Ranch on Alhambra Valley Road) on Saturday, November 5th and are looking for volunteers to help plant 85 plants. Water and snacks provided. Kids are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a well-behaved adult. Due to parking, we will limit the group to 25; don’t miss out!

Please pre-register for this event by emailing llapporte@ccrcd.org to volunteer.