Some in Berkeley may think that an urban creek is little more than a concrete trench and that creek restoration is accomplished merely by planting a few trees along the banks. There are likely others who would say that, the only way to return any of the city's creeks to their natural state is to reintroduce grizzly bears to Berkeley. Perhaps there are some valid arguments for both of these perspectives. More importantly, each points out that there are obvious limits in which urban creeks can exist. Often times, these imposed urban restrictions challenge the very existence of a creek. So, when is an urban creek not an urban creek? When Is an Urban Creek not a Creek? L A Wood, Daily Californian, April 6, 2000
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- Contaminant Plumes of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Interrelationship to faults, Landslides, and Streams in Strawberry Canyon, Oakland and Berkeley, California.
- Groundwater Deed Restrictions and Brownfield at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
CanyonWalks with Ignacio Chapela, Associate Professor, Ph.D. College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. March 06, 2007...A pictorial Essay
Walk, Talk, Buck the Fence: What's at stake in the Ecology of Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon
Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
College of Natural Resources, University of California BerkeleyThe Memorial Grove, a humble stretch of land, sustains more than is apparent from the sidewalk of Piedmont Avenue. The trees and the cameo ecosystem they hold together form a lynchpin corridor connecting two large masses of wildscape where foxes, mountain lions and many others find a home.
Closing this corridor would reverberate across those wildscapes from the Berkeley Hills to Pinole and Chabot, and beyond to the rest of the network of parks that make the East Bay the envy of the world. This is what makes Berkeley not Stanford, this is the identity that roots deep in our campus history and will outlast the ups and downs of each year's football season.
This pictorial essay reveals the wildscape implications of what may be lost with the possible demise of Memorial Grove: what the Oaks sustain. http://www.canyonwalks.blogspot.com
- Save the Strawberry Creek Watershed (2004)
- Conversations About Watersheds 2005 ...about the health of our watersheds. A discussion of the obstacles and opportunities for Volunteer Stewardship in the East Bay and beyond.Bay Area Stream Buffers: Recent Regulatory Efforts and Next Steps Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.
- When Is an Urban Creek not a Creek? UC Restoration Project Raises Environmental Questions
L A Wood, Daily Californian, April 6, 2000
- Campus Chemical Waste: Disaster in the Planning (1994) 13:00 TRT ...about the University of California Berkeley's hazardous waste handling facility, "Acid House" relocation out of the Strawberry Canyon. Read Script.
- On Berkeley Soil (1996) 13:48 TRT...a look at groundwater beneficial uses, the State of California's efforts at deregulation, SB 92-49 and its "containment zone" and "brownfields" policies-.read script-
- UC Berkeley Hazardous Waste Handling Facility NEWS & Commentary
- Campus Chemical Waste: Disaster In the Planning, (September 1994) 30 min. TRT... Video kickoff and protest of the replacement of the University of California Berkeley's "Acid House" hazardous waste facility in Strawberry Canyon.
- Berkeley's Storm Drain System: Portal to the Bay (1992) 8:30 TRT...on the impact of the City of Berkeley Public Works street sweeper operations on storm drains, urban runoff pollution and the San Francisco Bay
Berkeley Water Quality and Clean Water Act News Articles
- City Council May Plunge Into Creek Dispute
Sasha Talcott, Contributing Writer Daily Californian, May 16, 2000
- Berkeley Needs to Adopt a Management Plan for Its Groundwater Supply
L A Wood, Berkeley Daily Planet, April 17, 2000
- Survey to Count City's Wells
Devona Walker, Berkeley Daily Planet, July 12, 2000
- City of Berkeley Sewer System History Source: City of Berkeley, 1989
- HISTORIC WELL FIELDS IN THE EAST BAY 1860-1930
Groundwater supplied 30 to 100% of the water used in the East Bay area between 1860 and 1930 (depending on the time of year). Most residences had private wells. Within 5 to 10 years after drilling, many of those wells failed (sanded up/casing collapsed) or became contaminated from outhouses. Well fields were drilled by water companies to provide cleaner, better water.- Berkeley Opts Out of Clean Water
L A Wood, Berkeley Daily Planet, March 11, 2008- City of Berkeley Sewer System History
Source: City of Berkeley, 1989- Berkeley's Stormwater Property Tax: Where's the Money?
L A Wood, Berkeley Daily Planet, October 29-November 1, 2004California's Choice: Containment Zones or Clean Water?
L A Wood, California Environmental Law Reporter, April 1996- California's Brownfields Initiative: The Toxic Crisis
L A Wood, California Environmental Law Reporter, May 1996, Volume 1996 Issue 5- Berkeley CONTAINMENT ZONE POLICIES
March 5, 1996 CR# 96-008More: on Water Quality Issues
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