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SVBC King Tide Bike Ride, Sunnyvale Baylands to Alviso, 1/22/23 by Ronald Horii
On 1/22/23, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) held an event to coincide with the King Tides. The King Tides are the highest tides of the year. They occur in the winter. There were King Tides on the weekend of 1/20-22/23. This is the description of the event, from SVBC: "The high tides of today are the regular tides of tomorrow. Ride bikes with SVBC and community partners to see the King Tide and the South Bay Shoreline Protection Project in Alviso, CA. This is an easy and slow 4-mile round trip bike ride suitable for beginners. This event is a wonderful opportunity to learn in-person about how leadership of the South Bay area is responding to the threat of rising sea levels. You won't want to miss it!" The event started at Sunnyvale Baylands Park and went down the Bay Trail to Alviso Marina County Park. There were speakers at the start and end of the ride.
The speakers were: Eleni Jacobson, Community Programs Coordinator for SVBC;
Richard Santos, Valley Water Board of Directors;
Linda Hutchins-Knowles, Mothers Out Front;
Dave Halsing, South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project;
James Ujah, Valley Water; and
Jeneya Fertel, US Army Corps of Engineers.
Here are pictures of today's King Tides at Alviso, 1/22/23:
https://tinyurl.com/22bfd32t.
Links:
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: https://bikesiliconvalley.org/.
Sunnyvale Baylands Park: https://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/recreation-and-community/parks-and-trails/baylands-park.
San Francisco Bay Trail: https://baytrail.org/ Bay Trail Map (Menlo Park to Alviso): https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/regional-trails-parks/san-francisco-bay-trail/map-numbers/map-6-ravenswood-slough-alviso. The huge protected area around the Alviso Marina is part of the 30,000-acre Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The County Park provides the access point, staging area, and visitor facilities to the Alviso portion of the refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/. My pictures of Alviso Marina County Park: http://rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina. My Bay Trail pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/index.html#baytrail. Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx. The retired salt ponds here are part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/pond-complexes/alviso. Valley Water's San Francisco Bay Shoreline Protection: https://www.valleywater.org/shoreline. California King Tides Project: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/
On 1/22/23, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) held an event to coincide with the King Tides. The King Tides are the highest tides of the year. They occur in the winter. There were King Tides on the weekend of 1/20-22/23. This is the description of the event, from SVBC: "The high tides of today are the regular tides of tomorrow. Ride bikes with SVBC and community partners to see the King Tide and the South Bay Shoreline Protection Project in Alviso, CA. This is an easy and slow 4-mile round trip bike ride suitable for beginners. This event is a wonderful opportunity to learn in-person about how leadership of the South Bay area is responding to the threat of rising sea levels. You won't want to miss it!" The event started at Sunnyvale Baylands Park and went down the Bay Trail to Alviso Marina County Park. There were speakers at the start and end of the ride.
The speakers were: Eleni Jacobson, Community Programs Coordinator for SVBC;
Richard Santos, Valley Water Board of Directors;
Linda Hutchins-Knowles, Mothers Out Front;
Dave Halsing, South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project;
James Ujah, Valley Water; and
Jeneya Fertel, US Army Corps of Engineers.
Here are pictures of today's King Tides at Alviso, 1/22/23:
https://tinyurl.com/22bfd32t.
Links:
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: https://bikesiliconvalley.org/.
Sunnyvale Baylands Park: https://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/recreation-and-community/parks-and-trails/baylands-park.
San Francisco Bay Trail: https://baytrail.org/ Bay Trail Map (Menlo Park to Alviso): https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/regional-trails-parks/san-francisco-bay-trail/map-numbers/map-6-ravenswood-slough-alviso. The huge protected area around the Alviso Marina is part of the 30,000-acre Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The County Park provides the access point, staging area, and visitor facilities to the Alviso portion of the refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/. My pictures of Alviso Marina County Park: http://rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina. My Bay Trail pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/index.html#baytrail. Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx. The retired salt ponds here are part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/pond-complexes/alviso. Valley Water's San Francisco Bay Shoreline Protection: https://www.valleywater.org/shoreline. California King Tides Project: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/
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