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December '08 Creek Currents Newsletter
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The Urban Creeks Council is a non-profit organization located in Berkeley, California, working to preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and their riparian habitats. We act as advocates on behalf of creeks in urban and other areas, and offer support and technical advice to officials, 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, we perform public outreach and education, acting as advocates on behalf of creeks. We educate citizens and city planners about creeks, and advocate for creek and wetland protection related to planned developments or other issues. We also work to educate legislators to protect creeks, and were instrumental in helping to pass the state Water and Parks Bonds, AB 104 and AB 2117, in 2000, both of which have provided extensive funding for creek restoration projects, as well as AB 2690, which made volunteering on state-funded projects legal. We give tours of our restoration sites for officials and citizens.

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.

Landowners: If you live in Contra Costa County, you can call UCC for a free creek evaluation on your property! Our Streamside Management Program for Landowners allows us to help homeowners with their creek concerns. Call us or see our SMPL page for more information on the program.

Stream Bioengineering Handbook - For information on urban watersheds and soil bioengineering for creekbanks.