Friends of Joaquin Miller Park https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Tick Season is Coming Sign up! Opinion: Oakland Measure Q would rekindle the parks I grew up with – The Mercury News Earth Day in JMP April 18, 2026 The Park welcomes our Writer-in-Residence Kristen Caven FOJMP Volunteers Honored by the City of Oakland A Look at Forest Health Rental Facilities Contact Us Memorial to Dylan Facente Chin Just For Kids RTO Workdays 4/18 & 19/2015 – over 400 volunteers! Monthly Workday – January 2, 2021 – cleanup on Skyline Monthly Workday –February 6, 2021 – Fern Ravine Restoration Cascade Bathroom refreshed by FoJMP Volunteers! Default Park Improvement Plans Most WPA projects were built for function. They endure as works of art – San Francisco Chronicle Come Celebrate on Saturday, October 9th at noon! History The Bay Area is filled with public works projects nearly 100 years old. Here are 5 of the most exceptional – San Francisco Chronicle From outdoors to Oprah: Rue Mapp’s mission to open nature to everyone – The Mercury News The Best Bike Rides in the East Bay – Diablo Magazine Black Cowboys, Cowgirls Continue To Share Rich Culture, Little-Known History Of Old West 10 Bay Area Haunts To Visit This October – San Francisco, CA Patch Explore Californias Feisty First Poet Laureate | Rockridge, CA Patch – Patch.com Why we need redwoods to fight climate change – San Francisco Chronicle Curtain Calls: June reopening planned for Oakland’s Woodminster – East Bay Times Black Lives Matter equestrian on mission to inspire East Bay youths – San Francisco Chronicle Disease Outbreak Appears to be Killing Bay Area Trees “In the Hights*” 10/12/25 Donate to support our volunteer efforts! Who We Are Dimond Canyon gets trail markers, thanks to volunteer Woodminster’s Schlader, Metropolitan Horsemen’s Association receive OHA awards – Monterey County Herald Schlader to receive lifetime award for 50 years of Woodminister EXCLUSIVE: Oprah talks to ABC7 about busting stereotypes between African Americans and nature – KGO-TV Youth Pioneer Safe Work Longtime Civic Arts Leader Named City’s Mother Of The Year – SFGate Kids enjoying exhibits & piano in Ranger Station FOJMP List FOJMP Calendar Oakland Zoo animals are helping reduce fire danger in Joaquin Miller Park! One man films a love letter to East Bay’s park trails 9 cool Bay Area things to do while staying close to home – Vallejo Times-Herald Oprah goes on East Bay hike with ‘Outdoor Afro’ before wellness tour stop at Chase Center – KGO-TV ‘Pump track’ for bicycles to be built in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park back Eliot Jackson Launches Grow Cycling Foundation to Promote Diversity in Cycling – Pinkbike.com