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We are seeking 2 preserve stewards as hike sweeps for an upcoming Día de Los Muertos event with our partners from No Worries Amigo!Date: November 1, 2025Shift time : 4:30 PM - 9:30 PMHike Time (approx.): 6:00 PM - 9:00 PMNote: shift time may sh...

Come represent the Authority at San Jose Museum of Art's annual Dia de Los Muertos celebration on Nov. 1.  Share your love of open space preserves and your excitement for upcoming educational activities with visitors at the Authority's booth! Thi...

Join Open Space Authority Staff to help replant native vegetation around some newly restored ponds at Rancho Cañada del Oro! This last summer, staff retrofitted three ponds in the southern portion of the preserve in order to ensure that they could...

Come represent the Authority at the San Jose Roots  celebration on Nov. 1.  Share your love of open space preserves and your excitement for upcoming educational activities with visitors at the Authority's booth! Here is the event description fro...

Come represent the Authority at the San Jose Roots  celebration on Nov. 1.  Share your love of open space preserves and your excitement for upcoming educational activities with visitors at the Authority's booth! Here is the event description fro...

We are requesting one sweep that can hike at a reasonable pace to help folks get up the hill at Coyote Valley for our first Sunset Moonrise Hike Series! We will ask for 2 preserve stewards to hike ahead of the group with a flashlight to assess any po...

We are requesting at least 2 docents/sweeps that can hike at a reasonable pace to help folks get up the hill at Coyote Valley for our first Sunset Moonrise Hike Series! Bonus points - a beautiful view to enhance your meaningful time. Sign up for one ...

Join us on Thursday, November 6 for our next monthly Docent Learning Luncheon!Date: November 6, 2025Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLocation: IN-PERSON: Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Main Office (Valley Oak Room)33 Las Colinas Ln, San Jose, CA 9...

Saturday | November 8, 2025 |8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Tilton Ranch Complex. Staff introduction, program overviewWho, what, when, where of the Trail Master program Safe use of hand and power tools Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Proper techniqu...

We are seeking 3 docents to lead the Spreckels monthly guided hike!Sign up if you are interested, we will send you the lesson for review! The content is very thorough, and we would like to have a small group lead so more folks can be trained to lead ...

Join Open Space Authority Staff to help replant native vegetation around some newly restored ponds at Rancho Cañada del Oro! This last summer, staff retrofitted three ponds in the southern portion of the preserve in order to ensure that they could...

Join Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority and Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance on a birding hike! This is a public hike led by our docent, John Harshman, in partnership with SCVBA. Docents are invited to join and sharpen their skills on bird iden...

This TM Volunteer support request is for continued work on the Frankel Trail in Sierra Vista OSP. The Frankel Trail is part of an easeament within Sierra Vista and significant progress has been made in recent work days to bring this trail back to li...

Join VET's staff from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on November 15 to learn all about how to use interpretive techniques for engaging our preserve audiences! We will go over our mission and resources, engagement techniques for all roles and for all attende...

We're seeking FOUR PRESERVE STEWARDS to help with Starry Nights on 11/15/25! ⭐Note: If you are an ASTRO DOCENT - please DO NOT register here  - please check your email for where to sign up.The BasicsVolunteer shift time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PMDate: ...

Help us engage our communities at Raptor Fest! We need 3 volunteers to support the information booth and interactive activities during this event.  The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Nov 15; timing is expanded to account for set-up and ta...

We are seeking two volunteers to come help staff represent the Authority for Diwali, the Festival of Lights, in Morgan Hill. This event will be hosted on November 16, 2-8 p.m. at the Ann Sobrato High School Gymnasium.Staff will be present at this eve...

The Open Space Authority is hosting a special enrichment all about badgers! We've recently had the privilege to learn more about badger movements in the Santa Clara Valley and we are super excited to host Lillian Amaral, our GIS analyst, who has been...

Join us for our first BEETLES (Better Environmental Education, Teaching, Learning & Expertise Sharing) training!In response to Docent requests and feedback, we will jump start our BEETLES training series with the topic of "Promoting Discussion" - t...

Join Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority and Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance on a birding hike! This is a public hike led by our docent, John Harshman, in partnership with SCVBA. Docents are invited to join and sharpen their skills on bird iden...