New short videos on local wildlife threatened by climate change feature two Berkeley Partners for Parks volunteer projects. The five “Edge of Extinction” documentaries were created for local online newspaper Berkeleyside by Max Brimelow, video journalist currently studying at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Meet Marty Nicolaus of Chavez Park Conservancy in “Owl Good Things Must Come to An End” here. Martin’s longer, 24-minute documentary on the Cesar Chavez owls is here.
“Trout in Doubt,” on threats to Central Coast steelhead, features Susan Schwartz, longtime head of Friends of Five Creeks, talking about the group’s work before and after the April 3 fish kill that seems to have wiped out these fish in Codornices Creek, our area’s only trout stream. The other videos cover Western pond turtles, bees, and salt marsh harvest mice. All give tips on how you can help, too. Highly recommended!