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Tule Ponds is part of the science educational services provided by Math Science Nucleus

Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon is a wetland conservation center & wildlife sanctuary owned by Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and managed by MS Nucleus.

05/20/2024

Join us at Tule Ponds this summer for a dive into nature! These classes are aimed at 7-11 year-olds and will be exploring the science behind things like insects, predator and prey animals, plants, and many more! For a complete list of classes offered and more information to register, follow this link: http://msnucleus.org and click on classes.

04/15/2024

Attention, high schoolers! Are considering a career in environmental sciences? If so, our environmental intern program will give you the experience you need to be successful and a good idea of which major to select in college by exploring the subdivisions of the environmental sciences like biology, chemistry and geology. This internship will run from June 11th-28th and July 9th-26th and the deadline to apply is April 30th. Click here for more information:
https://www.msnucleus.org/events/lam/interns/intern_index.html

We hope to see you this summer!

03/06/2024

Have you ever caught a fish before? Many fish that call the Bay Area home also happen to be thriving in Tule Ponds! Some that live in Tule Ponds are Western Mosquitofish, Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Green Sunfish, Golden Shiners, Carp, Brown Bullhead, and Bluegills. Fish are remarkably good at fulfilling a huge variety of roles in wetland ecosystems. Some of these fish are predators, while some are scavengers and others eat algae. Mosquitofish earn their name because they eat the larvae (young) of mosquitoes, keeping adult populations in check! Fish themselves are also a very important food source for many different kinds of animals that live in and around Tule Ponds including Diving Beetles, Raccoons, Egrets, Herons, and Ospreys. Although fishing isn’t allowed, keep an eye out for some fish in the water on your next field trip!

02/21/2024

Who’s that rustling through your garbage can at 3 in the morning? The most likely culprit is the Raccoon! Although they prefer to live in forests, Raccoons do very well in cities, deserts, mountains, coasts, and even wetlands like Tule Ponds. These animals are some of the few that can take advantage of living in an urban environment thanks to their intelligence and omnivorous diet. Their puzzle solving ability, which is comparable to Rhesus Monkeys, combined with their dexterous hands lets them open up food packages and trash containers with ease. This also lets them access a huge variety of food in the wild including smaller acorns, walnuts, wild fruits, amphibians, crayfish, fish, and even reptile and bird eggs. Being able to adapt to such a wide range of habitats and eat just about anything they want is what allowed them to survive the Ice Age: something we’ll be talking about in detail on the Children's Natural History Museum Page this Friday!

02/15/2024

An occasional (but rare) visitor we get is the Mule Deer! They get their name from their huge ears and can be found all over the west coast! They spend much of their time grazing on native grasses, but can eat other kinds of plants as well. Their main predators are Mountain Lions and Coyotes which can be pretty timid around humans, so these deer sometimes seek out cities to live near. Case in point: Fremont. No deer live at Tule Ponds permanently, but will often venture in from the nearby Alameda Creek. Mule Deer are the last large, native grazing animals commonly seen throughout the state and are thought to be the descendents of a hybrid between black-tailed and white-tailed deer. California once had a diversity of grazers comparable to an African Savannah! Find out what happened to these animals and how Mule Deer were able to take their place on the Children's Natural History Museum's page tomorrow!

02/07/2024

One of the largest land animals in California is the Black Bear. Although you won’t find one at Tule Ponds, or the South Bay in general, their range sometimes extends into the northernmost part of the Bay. Historically, its range extended into the entire Bay Area along with California Grizzly Bears and the Giant Short-Faced Bear (which we’ll be talking about on the Children's Natural History Museum’s page this Friday). California Grizzlies are a subspecies of Brown Bear that went extinct due to overhunting in 1922. Black bears were able to avoid competition with the other bears because they prefer densely wooded habitats. They are very good tree climbers, which is also what helped them avoid being hunted by humans. In the modern day, these bears have actually learned to take advantage of interactions with humans! They seek out human made food from the garbage because of their amazing sense of smell. Human food is tasty for them, but doesn’t offer the nutrients they need to survive and encourages them to get close to people. This can be dangerous for both people and the bears, which is why it's never a good idea to purposefully feed wildlife. What’s the biggest animal you’ve seen on land in California? Is it a deer? Or a coyote? Comment on the biggest animal you’ve seen below!

02/01/2024

If you’ve ever seen this turtle here in the Bay Area, consider yourself lucky! This photo is of a Western Pond Turtle, California’s last remaining native turtle. Some turtles you may have seen around here can be mistaken for a Western Pond Turtle, like the Red-Eared Slider. Red-Eared Sliders are not native to California, but they and other colorful turtles can be found sometimes due to irresponsible pet owners releasing them into the wild. When released, the sliders actually create competition for the pond turtles, making food and habitats difficult to come by for the native species. This, plus the fact that they were once extensively hunted for turtle soup, means that populations today are well below what they should be. Pond turtles are incredibly important parts of the habitats they live in because their omnivorous diet helps them regulate both the growth of algae and insect populations! Keep an eye out for our Fossil Friday post on the Children's Natural History Museum page to learn about how this amazing turtle survived the Ice Age while giants like the Columbian Mammoth went extinct!

Photo credit: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

11/09/2023

Hey everyone! To continue with our dormant plant series, we want to introduce the California Bay Leaf! It is such a beautiful and aromatic plant wtih various unique attributes. Read more about the plant with the information provided! Also, look out for our next plant in the dormant series! 🌳💚🌱🍃🌿🌏

11/03/2023

Hi everyone! As winter is approaching, many plants become dormant during this time. TWhen a plant is dormant, it isn't active. One of the plants which is dormant during the winter at Tule Ponds is the watersmartweed! Learn more about this interesting plant! 🌿🍃🌱🌳💚

10/18/2023

https://www.msnucleus.org/haywardfault/hayward.html

09/27/2023

We’d like to continue our plant series with our very own Fremont Cottonwood! It has many great benefits that could help restore our environment! Many misuses of land arid watersheds have led to a slight decrease in Fremont Cottonwood. Together, we can work together towards a greener future for our planet 🌎 Hope you enjoy the quick read! Watch out for more flora in the future 👀🌳🪵🌿🍃🌱🪴

09/19/2023

To continue with our plant series, here's some info on the coast live oak at Tule Ponds 🌱🌳🪵

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1999 Walnut Avenue
Fremont, CA

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https://www.msnucleus.org/

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