Streamside Landowners
Urban Creeks Council offers creek assessment services for homeowners in Contra Costa County, Marin County, and Alameda County Zone 7. Go here for contact information, educational materials and referrals.
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Urban Creeks Council (UCC) is a non-profit organization located in Berkeley, California, working to preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and their riparian habitats. We facilitate programs that protect streams, restore riparian habitats to urban areas and give people the chance to experience nature in the urban context, and offer support and technical service to agencies, creeks groups and landowners.

The restoration projects we implement are designed to preserve the natural form and function of creeks, increase biodiversity and habitat for native species, and serve as a recreational and educational resource for the public. Our projects are funded through grants from federal and state agencies as well as private foundations. Foundation grants and donations support many of our local programs and riparian advocacy activities.

UCC advocates low-cost, effective methods of bank stabilization and revegetation using geotechnical soil-bioengineering techniques, or plant-based systems, for stream bank and slope restoration. Soil-bioengineering provides both immediate and long-term slope protection and erosion reduction, while California native riparian plants offer excellent wildlife habitat.

In addition to our hands-on restoration work, UCC works to educate citizens and agencies about creeks, and advocates for creek protection through public process via our Creeks in Communities program.

The Urban Creeks Council (UCC) implements both specific restoration projects, as well as ongoing programs for creek restoration and education.

Urban Creeks Council thanks the San Francisco Foundation, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Mary A. Crocker Trust for their support as well as the friends and supporters who make our work possible.

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Urban Creeks Council has a Facebook page!
If you are on Facebook, you can become a fan of UCC! To check it out and join our group, click here or search for Urban Creeks Council on Facebook.

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Hear Urban Creeks Council featured on the SF Bay Joint Venture's Your Wetlands Podcast! Listen and download at http://www.yourwetlands.org/podcast/.