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Join Us for World Wetlands Day
Saturday, February 4, 2023 - Struve Slough, Watsonville
10am - 1pm
Join Watsonville Wetlands Watch and the City of Watsonville for our World Wetlands Day Celebration on Saturday, February 4th at the Struve Slough trail.
We will plant native plants and restore the wetland habitat from 10am-12pm and celebrate the wetlands with fun activities including environmental education booths, storytelling, bi-lingual family birdwatching, and crafts from 11am-1pm. Youth mariachis from Activities 4 All / Mariachi Ilusión will perform for our volunteers while we restore the wetland habitat areas.
Participating organizations include Bay of Life, The Bird School Project, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, MILPA, the Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council, Pajaro Valley Unified School District Extended Learning, the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Save Our Shores, and Watsonville Brillante. This event is fun for the whole family!
Meeting location / event registration: The wetland trail entrance below the lower Nob Hill shopping center parking lot (see map). Look for the Monarch butterfly memorial mosaic sculpture near the trailhead (see photo). Please carpool, bike, or use public transit if possible.
Gloves and tools will be provided. Please bring a filled water bottle and dress in walking shoes and layers to be outdoors.
For more information, contact us:
jose@watsonvillewetlandswatch.org
831-728-1156 x3
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About World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in 1971.
Wetlands are critically important ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, world economies, and more. It is urgent that we raise national and global awareness about wetlands in order to reverse their rapid loss and encourage actions to conserve and restore them.
To learn more about World Wetlands Day and view photos of wetlands around the world, visit worldwetlandsday.org.
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