BEAR CREEK YACHT CLUB

05/15/2026

COMING SOON… The BCYC Onion Bag Project. 👀

Be on the lookout for our reusable onion bag receptacles along Merced’s creeks and walking paths. Grab a bag, lend a hand, and help keep Merced and our waterways clean one piece of trash at a time.

One more use before the landfill. One less piece of trash in the creek. 🌊🧅

The Onion Bag Litter Prevention Project First 5 Merced County

05/15/2026

It’s time for the BCYC’s Annual Gator Hunt.

Join us June 6th at 9:00am as we paddle Bear Creek searching for the legendary Bear Creek Gator.

Will we find him? Doubtful. Will somebody claim they did? Absolutely.

Kayaks. Canoes. Life jackets required.Nobody wants to explain getting dragged into the creek by a mythical reptile.

Launch and pull out locations will follow. Transportation between locations will not be provided, so plan accordingly… unless you think the gator offers shuttle service.

04/15/2026

What a great day at Rahilly Park this past weekend as we celebrated Earth Day
(a little early).

Thank you to everyone who came out and made Earth Day so special.

Huge thanks to our event partners. U.S. Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Xerces Society, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, Beam Circular, First 5 Merced County, UC Merced College Corps Fellows and the UC Merced Community Engagement Center.

Special appreciation to the City of Merced Parks & Community Services team, our BCYC swashbucklers and the EMRCD crew.

We couldn’t do this without you. 🌎

04/11/2026

Join us at Rahilly Park as we celebrate Earth Day with a morning of community, connection and giving back to the places we all share. We’re doing this a little early this year because we’re so excited to celebrate.

The Bear Creek Yacht Club will be out there alongside great local partners helping make a small but meaningful impact. Whether that’s lending a hand, learning something new or just showing up. Bring a friend, bring your family or just bring yourself.

📍 Rahilly Park – Merced, CA

⏰ 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

We’ll also be giving away environmentally focused books and hosting stewardship activities for young kids (ages 0–5), thanks in part to our Mobile Stewardship Lab and Onion Bag Project, funded and supported by First 5 Merced County.

Let’s take care of our parks, our creeks, our community and our corner of the valley. 🌿

02/26/2026

This past weekend was AWESOME! Over 25 Volunteers showed up and showed out!

2.5 Truckloads of trash removed.

We also had successful launches of two of our new programs the Onion Bag Project and the relaunch of our Outdoor Ed program thanks to a grant from .

We are beginning to phase out(when possible) the use of single use trash bags in favor of reusable onion or produce bags. So far we’d call a successful and saved over 22 plastics bags from the landfill so far.

More to come on our outdoor education program.

02/19/2026

🌿📚 Bear Creek Yacht Club Clean-Up – This Saturday! 📚🌿

We’re back out at the McKee Bridge Parking Area this Saturday continuing our work along the Bear Creek Trail — and we’ve got something new for our younger volunteers and families joining us!

📅 Saturday, February 21st
📝 Sign-ups: 8:45 AM
🧹 Clean-up: 9:00–11:00 AM
📍 McKee Bridge Parking Area

With recent higher water flows (expected to recede by Saturday), we will not be launching kayaks for this clean up. Our focus will be on trash removal along the trail corridor.

✨ NEW: Thanks to a grant from First 5 of Merced County, we will now be providing Environmental Education Books at our clean-ups and community events for local youth and families!

These books will also be available at upcoming events including our Earth Day Celebration on April 11th, in partnership with the City of Merced Parks & Community Services and the East Merced Resource Conservation District.(More info to come)

Bring the kids, bring a friend and help us build the next generation of creek stewards 💚

Let’s continue to 🐻🌊

02/18/2026

🌿🚣‍♂️ Bear Creek Yacht Club Clean-Up – This Saturday! 🌿

Join us as we continue caring for our beautiful Bear Creek and surrounding trail corridor. Every bag of trash removed makes a difference for our water, wildlife, and community.

📅 Saturday, February 21st, 2026
📝 Sign-ups: 8:45 AM
🧹 Clean-up: 9:00–11:00 AM
📍 McKee Bridge Parking Area

We’ll be focusing on trail clean-up this time. With the recent higher water flows (expected to recede by Saturday), we will not be launching kayaks for this event.

Please wear sturdy shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Good attitudes encouraged, we’ll bring the rest!

Let’s show up for our creek and our community.
Together we can 💚

01/22/2026

🧅ONION BAG DONATION DRIVE🧅

Help us keep trash out of Bear Creek and other waterways—starting with a share.

👉 Please tag or send this to your favorite restaurants, food trucks, and grocery stores.

Used onion bags can be reused during creek cleanups instead of tossed.

✔️ Save bags
✔️ Easy pickup
✔️ Real local impact

🌐 BearCreekYachtClub.org
📞 (209) 631-2470

Small share. Big difference.

01/03/2026