PORTScast Calendar

Join our live broadcast from the southside of Cardiff State Beach where we’ll explore the shore together and see what kind of living things call this place home! Through this experience you will learn more about identifying some of our coastal critters, how to be a community scientist, and how California’s Marine Protected Areas help preserve biodiversity.

Join us at Carpinteria State Beach as we explore the animals found in our tidepools and how they survive the highs and lows of living in the tidal zones.

Join Interpreters with CA State Parks and CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife live from Sugar Pine Point State Park as we learn all about the bears of California. In this program we will discover the biology and adaptations of these incredible creatures and learn about the role they play in California’s biodiversity. As we look at the differences between the wildland bears of CA backcountry and mischievous city bears, we will explore what our role is in keeping bears wild.

In this program, students will be introduced to the wonders of the giant sequoia and learn all about their survival secrets! We will walk around part of a giant sequoia grove and discuss the human impacts on these ancient trees and the mixed conifer forest as a whole.

Celebrate California Biodiversity Week and join Park Interpreter Alex on the California coast for an engaging virtual field trip to Crystal Cove State Park’s Marine Protected Area and discover the fascinating Mysteries of the Octopus! Spend part of your morning learning about the adaptations and life cycle of this curious marine invertebrate – with a backdrop of the crashing waves in Crystal Cove State Park’s Marine Protected Area (MPA). What a way to celebrate Biodiversity Week!

Join a State Park Interpreter, Kyle Buchanan, at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park! Kyle will explore the range of life within the old growth Redwood Forest. Additionally, Kyle will dive deeper into one specific species and discuss ways YOU can supports them. Lastly, Kyle will highlight the ways YOU can support biodiversity within your local communities.

Put on your detective caps and solve an underwater mystery at Asilomar State Beach! We will solve the case of a missing fish by learning about three ocean predator “suspects”: the Giant Pacific Octopus, White Shark, and Orca. Students will explore the adaptations, biology, and different behaviors these animals have that make them amazing ocean predators. We will also learn how marine protected areas help these important animals.

Join California State Park interpreters at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Samuel P. Taylor Redwoods State Park for a Biodiversity Week PORTScast! Although these two interpreters will be over 300 miles apart, they will work together to highlight the role that sword ferns play as an indicator species for climate resilience and forest health. Tune in to learn more!

State Parks in the San Francisco Bay Area are filled with an amazing variety of animal life. Though park visitors may not encounter many critters during their outdoor adventures, we can discover so many things about them in the clues they leave behind. Join State Park Interpreters from Mount Tamalpais SP, Olompali SHP, Samuel P. Taylor SP, and Tomales Bay SP in an exploration of what animal tracks, scat. and pellets can tell us about the animals in our parks, including how to protect them!

Reporting to you live from Angel Island State Park! Discover the weird and wonderful plants and animals that you can find on the largest natural island of the San Francisco Bay. We have some tips on how YOU can protect biodiversity whenever you visit state parks. Some of the species are familiar, some strange, and all weirdly wonderful!

Explore the balance of California’s coastal food chains at Point Dume State Beach. Learn how various species work together to survive the hardships of a changing ocean in our Marine Protected Areas. From climate change to seasonal impacts, lets take a dive and breakdown how these mammals survive to live their best lives!

Who’s hiding in the water? Join Interpreter Nichole at Asilomar State Beach as we uncover the mystery of marine camouflage. Learn about different animals in Monterey Bay that use camouflage as a survival skill.

Join our live broadcast from the southside of Cardiff State Beach where we’ll explore the shore together and see what kind of living things call this place home! Through this experience you will learn more about identifying some of our coastal critters, how to be a community scientist, and how California’s Marine Protected Areas help preserve biodiversity.

Join us at Carpinteria State Beach as we explore the animals found in our tidepools and how they survive the highs and lows of living in the tidal zones.

Join Interpreters with CA State Parks and CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife live from Sugar Pine Point State Park as we learn all about the bears of California. In this program we will discover the biology and adaptations of these incredible creatures and learn about the role they play in California’s biodiversity. As we look at the differences between the wildland bears of CA backcountry and mischievous city bears, we will explore what our role is in keeping bears wild.

In this program, students will be introduced to the wonders of the giant sequoia and learn all about their survival secrets! We will walk around part of a giant sequoia grove and discuss the human impacts on these ancient trees and the mixed conifer forest as a whole.

Celebrate California Biodiversity Week and join Park Interpreter Alex on the California coast for an engaging virtual field trip to Crystal Cove State Park’s Marine Protected Area and discover the fascinating Mysteries of the Octopus! Spend part of your morning learning about the adaptations and life cycle of this curious marine invertebrate – with a backdrop of the crashing waves in Crystal Cove State Park’s Marine Protected Area (MPA). What a way to celebrate Biodiversity Week!

Join a State Park Interpreter, Kyle Buchanan, at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park! Kyle will explore the range of life within the old growth Redwood Forest. Additionally, Kyle will dive deeper into one specific species and discuss ways YOU can supports them. Lastly, Kyle will highlight the ways YOU can support biodiversity within your local communities.

Put on your detective caps and solve an underwater mystery at Asilomar State Beach! We will solve the case of a missing fish by learning about three ocean predator “suspects”: the Giant Pacific Octopus, White Shark, and Orca. Students will explore the adaptations, biology, and different behaviors these animals have that make them amazing ocean predators. We will also learn how marine protected areas help these important animals.

Join California State Park interpreters at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Samuel P. Taylor Redwoods State Park for a Biodiversity Week PORTScast! Although these two interpreters will be over 300 miles apart, they will work together to highlight the role that sword ferns play as an indicator species for climate resilience and forest health. Tune in to learn more!

State Parks in the San Francisco Bay Area are filled with an amazing variety of animal life. Though park visitors may not encounter many critters during their outdoor adventures, we can discover so many things about them in the clues they leave behind. Join State Park Interpreters from Mount Tamalpais SP, Olompali SHP, Samuel P. Taylor SP, and Tomales Bay SP in an exploration of what animal tracks, scat. and pellets can tell us about the animals in our parks, including how to protect them!

Reporting to you live from Angel Island State Park! Discover the weird and wonderful plants and animals that you can find on the largest natural island of the San Francisco Bay. We have some tips on how YOU can protect biodiversity whenever you visit state parks. Some of the species are familiar, some strange, and all weirdly wonderful!

Explore the balance of California’s coastal food chains at Point Dume State Beach. Learn how various species work together to survive the hardships of a changing ocean in our Marine Protected Areas. From climate change to seasonal impacts, lets take a dive and breakdown how these mammals survive to live their best lives!

Who’s hiding in the water? Join Interpreter Nichole at Asilomar State Beach as we uncover the mystery of marine camouflage. Learn about different animals in Monterey Bay that use camouflage as a survival skill.