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Memories from the Friends BBQ in Fall 2019

Group Pic: Front row: Rob Hughes, Jayesh Kapoor, Lakshmi Javadekar, Istvan Puski Middle row: Joseph Piro, Terry Sherar, Judy Bacon, David Bacon, Jennifer Alpaugh, Carol Martinez, Norisa Berardi, Adrian Stroganoff, Mila Stroganoff, YaFei Ni Yang, Youhua Yang Back rows: Susan…

Pacifica Tribune Article on San Pedro Valley Park

The Pacifica Tribune published an article by Jane Northrop on the San Pedro Valley Park. It covers the trails in our park in detail and also talks about the activities of the Friends of SPVP.

Sightings in the Park

May 15, late PM: Rangers Greg Escoto & Tim Cook sighted a huge gopher snake 20 yards up the West Valley View Trail. It was much longer than width of the trail. June 8, PM: Folks asked host Istvan, if…

Sightings in the Park (contd.)

June 10, 6:25 PM: Ray Trabucco found a tiny rubber boa on the lower Trout Farm Trail. Neil Conway saw a Grey Fox on the Brooks Creek Trail, halfway to the waterfall viewing bench on a Wednesday in mid-May.

Brooks Creek in Spring 2019

After the heavy rainfall in Winter 2019, Brooks Creek in San Pedro Valley Park has a healthy flow of water runoff from the mountain. Video taken by Ron Wilson.`

New Guide for Mushrooms of San Pedro Valley Park

Thanks to a grant from the San Mateo County Parks Foundation, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park have published a guide to the more common mushrooms found in the park. This is the third guide in our series,  in…

Community Input on Work Plan for San Pedro Creek Watershed

Below is the work plan developed by the San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition. We will have a meeting sponsored by the Friends and held in the park’s Visitors Center on February 24th at 2 PM, and we encourage all interested…

Great Homemade Walking Sticks

  Homemade walking sticks crafted from bamboo. Only $8 at the visitor center store.              

Brooks Falls in Full Glory

Brooks Fall has a limited source of water and thus does not flow all year round. Right after a heavy rain is the best time to hike the Brooks Falls trail.