Rheem Creek

Restoration and Watershed Education Project, 2008-09



Rheem Creek Update!

Our Saturday, November 15 volunteer day had a fantastic turnout- nearly 40 enthusiastic volunteers showed up to plant more than 200 native plants.
Here are some photos from the day:

Good job everyone!!

To join us for our next volunteer day, come on Saturday, December 20, or any other third Saturday of each month through springtime.
To sign up contact Doria Robinson at doria-at-urbancreeks.org.

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The Rheem Creek Habitat Restoration and Watershed Education project is the culmination of years of engagement with the Rheem Creek watershed and its residents. Together with the Natural Heritage Institute, UCC helped facilitate the Rheem Creek Vision Plan, a community visioning and watershed assessment project that helped prioritize projects in the watershed.

Funded by the State Coastal Conservancy, Nature Restoration Trust and Rose Foundation, among others, this year's project has two main components: the restoration of 500 feet of stream channel on the Contra Costa College campus and a student intern program that will employ CCC students in an environmental education program.

Construction occurred in October 2008. Civicorps crews removed 1/2 an acre of invasive ivy from the stream channel, installed erosion control blankets and straw wattles and spread native grass seed over the soil. Our first volunteer day was in early November, with students from Kennedy High School led by EarthTeam, and so far 400 plants have been planted on the site.

The student intern program begins in January 2009. For more information on the intern program, please contact Doria Robinson, doria-at-urbancreeks.org.

 

Thanks to our funders:
State Coastal Conservancy
Nature Restoration Trust
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Contra Costa Fish & Wildlife Committee