Creeks – Links

Local Creek Groups

• Friends of Sausal Creek • Friends of Temescal Creek • Butters Land Trust , "Protecting the Headwaters of Oakland's Peralta Creek" • Friends of • Creek Alliance

Non-Profits, Community, Education

• Joint Venture (wetlands information) • Aquatic Outreach Institute • San Francisco Estuary Institute • San Francisco Estuary Project • International Rivers Network/River of Words • Save San Francisco Bay Association • Urban Creeks Council • Steelhead Society Habitat Restoration Corporation (resources for creek restoration) • Estuary Action Challenge (project of Earth Island Institute) • San Francisco Bay Fund Inventory of Projects • Lake Merritt Institute to top ^

Government Oakland/Alameda County

• Oakland Museum's Guide to Bay Area Creeks and other creek info • Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program ; includes information about Best Management Practices ("BMPs") for construction and maintenance projects • Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association; includes list of qualified consultants to assist you in designing post-construction stormwater treatment facilities in order to meet clean water requirements • Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District • BaySavers (Alameda County Resource Conservation District ) • Alameda County Office of Education • Oakland Recycles

State/Federal

• Coastal Conservancy • California Coastal Commission • Environmental Protection Agency Volunteer Monitoring Site • Environmental Protection Agency Surf Your Watershed Site for the San Francisco Bay Area • Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Across the U.S. • California Trail Connection Contains trail-related information for the entire state

Permitting Agencies

• City of Oakland, CEDA, Permitting Division • San Francisco Water Quality Control Board • California Department of Fish and Game • Army Corps of Engineers • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA is processed through the City of Oakland, Planning & Zoning Department)

Native Plants & Gardens

• East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden • California Native Plant Society • East Bay Chapter of California Native Plant Society • California Native Plant Discussion Group • Native Habitats (nationwide listing of habitat restoration groups, volunteer projects, and other native plant resources) • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department information • Garden Net Resource for finding gardening organizations and information, including native plant and 30 other types of gardens • Garden Web More gardening information • Society for Ecological Restoration

Other Websites and Resources • Low-Impact Urban Design Tools for Water • Best Management Practices (BMPs) , strategies for minimizing impacts during construction from the Alameda County Clean Water Program • Environmental Education Resource Guide for Oakland Teachers (.pdf format)