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The Foundation Supports Education

The Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation works to promote widespread appreciation of our open space, its scenic beauty, recreational benefits and environmental character in a variety of ways:

  • We sponsor wildflower and birding walks to help people recognize and appreciate the plants and animals found in our open space.
  • We provide information in our newsletters and on our website to describe geology, and many aspects of natural history.  We describe walks you can take and list flowering plants to be seen along several routes.
  • We also donate books on the area's natural history to schools and libraries.  In the last two years we have donated copies of the following books:
  “Butterflies Through Binoculars—The West”, by Glassburg.
   “Field Guide to Birds” by Donald and Lillian Stokes.
  “Hawks of North America”, Peterson Field Guide.
  “Oaks of California” by Pavlik.
  “Pacific States Wildflowers”, Peterson Field Guide.
  “Plants of the San Francisco Bay Area”, by Beidleman & Kozloff
  “Sierra Nevada Natural History”, by Storer and Usinger.
  “Western Birds”, Peterson Field Guide.

to the these schools and libraries in Walnut Creek:

  Foothill Middle School
  Indian Valley Elementary
  Las Lomas High School
  Northgate High School
  Walnut Acres Elementary School
  Walnut Heights Elementary School
  Walnut Creek Intermediate School
   
  Walnut Creek Library
  Ygnacio Valley Library