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Salmon Spawning Season
It’s the time of year when chinook salmon could try to make their
way up lower Alameda Creek. If you live near the creek, watch for fish in
the flood control channel after big storms. Today and tomorrow are prime
times. Chinook have been spotted in past years below the BART weir and
below the lower rubber dam.
Calaveras Dam Project
The Alameda Creek Alliance gave public comment on this damn project
to the SFPUC this week, asking the Commission to revise the purpose of the
project to include restoration elements. The Commission declined to do so
as part of their overall description of the water supply improvement
program, but instructed staff to work with us to revise the project to
include fish restoration elements. The SFPUC did alter the description of
the “Alameda Creek Fishery Enhancement” project, the proposed rubber dam
and water recapture facility in the Sunol Valley. The SFPUC will now
explore alternatives to the rubber dam as part of the environmental review
for the Calaveras Dam Replacement project.
All of this information as well as excellent comments by the
California Department of Fish and Game on the project are on our web page
at www.alamedacreek.org. Click on “Action
Alerts” in the upper right corner, then “Calaveras Dam
Replacement.”
New Kottinger Creek web site
The Alameda Creek Alliance is pleased to host the new web page for
the Friends of Kottinger Creek.
The Friends of Kottinger Creek is a nonprofit group working on
restoration and preservation of the City of Pleasanton's creeks and their
riparian habitat, particularly Kottinger Creek through Kottinger Community
Park in Pleasanton. Kottinger Creek is a tributary of Arroyo Valle, which
flows into Arroyo de la Laguna, then into Alameda
Creek.
Check out the new web page at www.alamedacreek.org. Click on “Links” on
the left side of the page, then “Kottinger
Creek.”
Alameda County Watershed Forum Meeting December
6
The second Alameda County
Watershed Forum meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 6th from 12:30
to 3:00 pm at the Oakland Museum. The forum is a meeting of
community creek groups, agencies, and other interested parties throughout
Alameda County in order to share information, develop ways to work
together on creek projects, identify common interests and goals, do
watershed outreach, etc.
The first half hour will be a
chance to mingle and socialize, bring your lunch (juice and cookies
provided) and anything you want to share. The meeting starts at 1 pm and
the agenda will include a summary of first meeting on Sept.
22nd; a presentation on the Oakland Museum creek mapping
project and creek and watershed finder website; discussion on forum
priorities, needs, and interest; funding opportunities and information
sharing; and introduction to City of Oakland Creek
programs.
The Oakland Museum is located at 1000 Oak Street (and 10th) in
downtown Oakland. It is one
block from the Lake Merritt BART station. Directions and map are available
at http://www.museumca.org/visit/map.html. The museum is closed on
Tuesdays, but parking will be available in the museum parking lot ($2.50
an hour) or at the Kaiser Center on 10th Street. There is also metered street
parking. You will need to
enter at the 10th Street side. Look for the enter here sign on the left as
you go down the stairs; you will need to be buzzed in. If you have any
questions or comments, you can contact Dale Hopkins by email at dhopkins@waterboards.ca.gov or by phone at 510-622-2362.
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Jeff Miller,
Director
Alameda Creek
Alliance
P. O. Box
192
Canyon, CA
94516
(510)
499-9185
Web site www.alamedacreek.org
“Protecting and restoring the natural ecosystems of the Alameda
Creek watershed”
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