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

The Delta: How Are the Local Animals Faring?

With Mike Moran (EBRPD)

Monday, Jan 4, 2010, 2009      7:30 P.M.

Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland

In a presentation earlier in this talk series, we learned from Ken Lajoie that the San Francisco Bay and most of the delta estuary comes and disappears with the revolving ice ages. In this month's presentation, we'll learn where we are in that cycle and how the delta/estuary ecosystem is doing, specifically the animals who live there. From all reports they were doing fine until a century or so ago when humans began changing the flow patterns of the water cycle with dams and irrigation systems. "Water policies" are now decided by legislative units, sometimes to the detriment, and sometime to the benefit of the local nonhumans.

In his entertaining presentation Mike Moran will focus on the impacts of those policies by highlighting stories that involve migratory birds, salmon, elk, beavers and other delta residents. This will not be an abstract discussion of "the water wars" but an on-the-ground view of how the locals (humans too) who make the delta their home are doing. As citizens we will be asked in 2010 to vote on some important legislation affecting the delta. Mike's even-handed presentation will help inform our decisions.

Mike Moran is a naturalist with the East Bay Regional Park District at Black Diamond Mines and is an expert on the delta. He has been with EBRPD for 15 years.  

Hosted by: Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay            

Co-sponsors:               

• Ecostewards of Montclair Presbyterian Church
• Oakland Museum of  CA   /   Bay Nature magazine
• Lindsay Wildlife Museum  /   EarthLight community

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 ½ mile. Parking available in lot ½ block west and on street. For more information: Cindy Spring (510) 655-6658  www.close-to-home.org

On Feb 8, 2010, Close to Home will have a panel of presenters on the health of our local creeks, including Alameda Creek, Marsh Creek and the 5 creeks of North Berkeley/El Cerrito.