Environmental Education

• Environmental Volunteers promote understanding of the environment through hands-on science education.
• Santa Clara Valley Water District School Program Newsletters and education programs.
• http://www.scvwd.dst.ca.us/school/index.htm
• Alviso Environmental Education Center  provides education programs on bay area marshes, migratory birds, and endangered species.
• Mid-Peninsula Environmental Educators Alli A list of member Santa Clara and San Mateo County environmental educators.

Conservation Organizations

• Bay Area agencies and organizations working to protect the environment.
• http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/sfep/links/index.html
• Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge is dedicated to protecting remaining local wetlands.
• http://www.refuge.org/
• San Francisco Bay Trail is an endeavor to encircle the Bay with a recreational trail.
• http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/baytrail/
• Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society conservation organization with emphasis on birds and their habitats.
• http://www.scvas.org/ 

Parks

• Sunnyvale Neighborhood Parks offers recreation facilities at 13 other parks throughout the city.
• http://www.ci.sunnyvale.ca.us/leisure-services/facilities/facilities.htm#Park Sites
• Santa Clara County Parks offer a variety of activities at 27 regional parks.
• http://claraweb.co.santa-clara.ca.us/parks/
• Shoreline at Mountain View preserves open space and provides a regional recreational area.
• http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/shoreline/shoreline.html
• Palo Alto Baylands is a nature preserve comprised almost entirely of salt marsh and tidal wetlands.
• http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/ross/naturepreserve/baylands.html
• Midpenninsula Open Space District preserves over 42,000 acres of foothill and bay land.
• http://www.openspace.org/
• Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge protects bay area marshes, migratory birds, and endangered species.
• http://www.r1.fws.gov/sfbnwr/ 
• San Jose Regional Parks feature a diverse variety of features and activities.
• http://www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/prns/

Other

• http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/
• Map of Bay Trail in Sunnyvale The trail was officially opened in July of 1999.