Internship: Heron's Head Park
Heron’s Head Park, formerly Pier 98, but is now a restored wetlands area in San Francisco’s Bay View Hunter’s Point Community. Since October of 1999, volunteers have been continually restoring and maintaining the area for the shorebirds and for recreational use. The Center for Habitat Restoration, as well as other organizations, offers on-going internship and volunteer opportunities at Heron’s Head Park.
Students in the Honors Program are currently involved in bird monitoring at Heron’s Head Park. In February 1999, biology student Andrew Rush took censuses of bird species, and after more than 70 hours over a 10-month period, he collected population data for 77 species of birds. Thus, the bird monitoring was continued as an honors project for Biology 20: Introduction to Ecology students. Collection of this bird data will aid in gaining a better understanding of what is going on ecologically in the park and to provide population information on the bird species that use the wetlands. Check out the current bird census data here.
Responsibilities:
- Implement park stewardship goals and special projects under the supervision of the Park Coordinator and in collaboration with other community organizations.
- Aid the community in restoration activities during community workdays at the Park. (Second Saturday of the month 9-12pm.)
- Aid in developing restoration activities for K-12 youth.
- Restoration Documentation: volunteer hours, photo, and record keeping.
- Species monitoring projects: migratory birds and upland animals.
- Special tidal monitoring projects: for habitat construction.
- Land management and stewardship
Learn more at the Heron's Head Park Project Overview page.
To sign up for this great opportunity visit the CCSF Center for Habitat Restoration in the Science Builiding room 312A during office hours (SEE CONTACT INFO). You may also enquire by email at cpogge@ccsf.edu.