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Elkhorn Slough Reserve trails will re-open to the
The Summer 2020 issue of Tidal Exchange was published exclusively online. We plan to share future issues online as well as in print, so make sure to visit our website to keep tabs on what’s new at the Elkhorn Slough!
Check out these events happening LIVE on the Reserve’s Facebook page (facebook.com/elkhornsloughreserve):
Saturday, November 7, 1pm ❧ Weaving Yesterdays Dive into local history as Reserve naturalists share vignettes of the Slough's past. @elkhornsloughreserve
Thursday, December 10, 5:30 pm ❧ Woven through Time: Cultural and Ecological History of Elkhorn Slough Explore the
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pubilc beginning November 4, from Wednesday through Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm. We hope you’ll join us for a visit. For more information, visit elkhornslough.org/reserve-reopening-details
summer 2020
Elkhorn Slough’s rich history with Reserve Stewardship Coordinator Andrea Woolfolk, and celebrate with us at a virtual ribbon cutting for a new exhibit! @elkhornsloughreserve
Sunday, December 13, 8:30 am & 4pm ❧ The Ups & Downs of King Tides Witness the highest and lowest tides of the year virtually in a special ONWARD & UPWARD
two‑part live presentation! @elkhornsloughreserve
NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR A HISTORIC STRUCTURE
(cover) The Porter Ranch house gets a boost for repairs; (above) situated on the upper Elkhorn Slough not far from ESF’s Outdoor Classroom, Porter Ranch has been a working ranch since the 1800s
Whenever the Elkhorn Slough Foundation has opened its historic Porter Ranch house to the community — as a venue for Arts Habitat open studios, a quick stop before an ESF wildflower walk, or a staging area for a plein air sketching workshop — enthusiastic visitors invariably exclaim, “I had no idea this place was even here!” In the coming years we hope that will change. Lately, though, things have been a bit up in the air Earlier this spring, ESF’s Porter Ranch house got a long-awaited boost. Expert contractors raised the 150 year-old building from its foundation and lifted it 7 feet above the ground. Through the years, the foundations of this historic building have been shifting, sinking, and deteriorating. Only by lifting the whole building could we build a new foundation for this historic structure. (Continued on page 5)
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