Friends of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

04/23/2026

Happy Earth Day from the Refuge. The Friends spent the morning introducing middle school kids to the wonder of the wildlife refuge: birding, mud glorious mud and invertebrates, wetland vegetation and nature journaling. Great fun despite the rain.

03/23/2026

03/23/2026

The Osprey we**am at Mare Island is up and running. This photo was taken this morning. Visit https://spbfriends.org/osprey-cam/ to check in their nesting progress.

02/25/2026

Free Event. Join the Friends and Sonoma Land Trust for a walk out at Sears Point Marsh, March 7, 10 am to 12 pm. There are only a few spots available for this walk. Find the registration information at https://sonomalandtrust.org/outings/

02/25/2026

Some of the Friends of SPB NWR spent the morning birding out at the Refuge at the Dickson Unit last Saturday with expert birders, Mason Hill and Roopak Bhatt. The tide was out and the mudflats were exposed so we saw many different shorebirds; including many avocets' whose breeding color is coming in. We also saw a pair of white-tailed Kites and male and female northern harriers.

01/31/2026

Come visit us and FWS at the Winged Migration Expo at Mare Island this weekend

01/29/2026

Join us this weekend at the Winged Migration Expo at Mare Island in Vallejo- January 31 and February 1, 10-4. Come by our booth and say hello.

07/27/2025

Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill— and while it wasn’t the slash-and-burn bill the President had proposed, it would still deliver a severe setback to the National Wildlife Refuge System. The

07/26/2025

The Friends met up for lunch and a book reading with Christy J. Kendall - former Manager of the San Pablo Bay Refuge who just published her first mystery novel called Erie Ending. The story is set in another refuge- the Ottawa NWR. See christyjkendall.com for more details.

07/08/2025

The National Wildlife Refuge Association is honored to announce the appointment of Lynn Scarlett as Chair of its Board of Directors . The decision was made during the Refuge Association’s June 2025 board meeting, held at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Nampa, Idaho.