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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 San Leandro Creek
- Alameda Creek Alliance
Non-Profits, Community, Education
- San Francisco Bay 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
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GovernmentOakland/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
- California 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)