In October, FOBC volunteers worked at the park with three adults and 24 fifth graders from the East Bay Conservation Corps’ Project YES, an environmental volunteer program for children, to remove trash, weed, and plant willows. We’ll be out in the park again this Saturday with more youth volunteers, weeding and cleaning up the banks of this, the longest accessible stretch of the Baxter Creek in the watershed. FOBC monthly work parties are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Open to both new- and old-comers, they offer an opportunity for you to work outside, socialize, and snack with other FOBC’ers. For more information on our work parties and other FOBC activities, see http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek . Please join us on Saturday!

Directions to Booker T. Anderson, Jr., Park:

From Highway 580, take the Bayview Ave. exit. Turn right onto Bayview and move into the lefthand lane. At the first light, take a left onto Carlson Blvd. At the next light, take a right onto South 47th St. The parking lot for the park will be on your right.

From San Pablo Ave., go west onto Potrero Ave. At South 47th St., turn left.

The park, and its parking lot, will be on your lefthand side.

Please note that, on old maps, Booker T. Anderson Park is shown as East Shore State Park.