Close to Home presents a talk and slide presentation...

San Leandro Creek makes it way in the East Bay Hills down riparian corridors,   yhrough culverts and under busy streets. It ends at San Leandro Bay near the Oakland Airport . The bay and its surrounding marshlands lent themselves to the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, a park within the East Bay Regional Park District. But not without a huge struggle over who was going to control this wonderful piece of the Pacific Flyway – the park or the port. Arrowhead Marsh, formed from silt collecting on the delta of the creek, now provides habitat and rest stops for avocets, stilts, killdeer, egrets and herons.

Come join us for a presentation by Joan Suzio, EBRPD guardian of the MLK Shoreline for 30 years. Learn about her midnight call that started 11 years of litigation with the Port Authority. She will have a slide show of the huge variety of bird visitors and residents that have made MLK home over the many years of community restoration work.

Joan Suzio is a retired Park Supervisor at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Park. She led the battle to preserve and restore the wetlands.  

Hosted by: Close to Home: Living with Wildlife in the East Bay           

Donation: $5  (K-12 Free)

Montclair Presbyterian Church is located at 5701Thornhill Rd. in the Montclair area of Oakland . Take the Thornhill exit on Highway 13 and go east 1⁄2 mile. Parking available in lot 1⁄2 block west and on street. For more information: Cindy Spring (510) 655-6658  www.close-to-home.org

On March 9, 2009, Close to Home will have a panel and slide show on creating a garden to share with wildlife.