The eastern end of the park is a fenced and lighted baseball field formerly used by the minor league Santa Rosa Pirates.

Europeans deepened the present creek channels about 4 m (13 ft) through Quaternary alluvium of the Santa Rosa Plain to minimize urban flooding.

[4] The park and paved trail is at the level of the original wetland, but there are a few access points into the lower channels which now confine the creeks.

Birdwatchers have observed sparrows, finches, towhees, jays, woodpeckers, robins, bluebirds, mockingbirds, chickadees, phoebes, kinglets, warblers, nuthatches, and titmice.

Since 1948, this scholarship fund has provided over $90 million to more than 135,000 Sonoma County students attending Santa Rosa Junior College.