Each year, as winter shifts toward spring, visitors to Lake Merritt sometimes spot a bright yellow film drifting across the …
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Lake Merritt Institute Holiday Scavenger Stroll is here! (LIVE)
Our 2025 Holiday Scavenger Stroll Raffle is here! As a thank-you to our community, we're excited to host a fun Lake Merritt …
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Fresh New Look for Glen Echo U-Clean-It Box
Walk around Lake Merritt and you’ll spot the green U-Clean-It boxes: volunteer stations stocked with trash barrels and bags, …
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Calling Oakland Teachers! LMI goes Back To School with Watershed Field Days
It’s back-to-school season in Oakland — and Lake Merritt Institute is ready! Our 2025-26 Watershed Field Days program offers free, …
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