You've seen her on the steep slope above Bridgeview Trail, teaching a group to make an ivy burrito. Or behind a FOSC outreach table, sharing her enthusiasm for the creek and its trails. But most memorable is seeing her where she is happiest--in the creek, collecting insects to identify and release.

Kathleen Harris is our intrepid and dedicated bioassessment team leader and Bridgeview Trail crew leader, but she's also ever ready to lend a hand with a field trip group (especially if she can share bugs with them!) or represent FOSC at an event. With her formal scientific background as a bench scientist and a researcher, Kathleen brings sound science to all the activities she leads, augmented by an enthusiasm that is contagious.

This past school year FOSC hosted 40 classes for environmental education and hands-on restoration field trips in the watershed. School may be out, but our work with local youth continues all summer through our partnership with the Oakland Parks and Recreation summer camps in Joaquin Miller Park and our high school summer internship program. We are grateful to have the help of Education Intern Alex Carter to lead our summer youth programs, thanks to the generous support of the Hillside Gardeners of Montclair and the Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. A shout-out to our team of high school summer interns who brave the July heat to keep the invasive plants at bay and help with transplanting at the nursery.