go back homeHelp Save San Francisco’s Natural Areas Next Wednesday, July 26 at 8:30am in City Hall Room 416 there will be a very important hearing before the Recreation and Parks Commission. The Commission will be voting to approve a bold and progressive management plan for San Francisco’s remnant natural areas. Please attend this hearing and speak out in favor of protecting natural areas in San Francisco. For more information, including a flyer and a fact sheet, go to http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/programs/sprawl/sf-natural-areas.html or contact Brent Plater of the Center for Biological Diversity at (415) 436-9682 x301 or e-mail bplater@biologicaldiversity.org
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Help With South Bay Salt Pond Restoration July 29 Alameda Creek Alliance volunteers will join Save The Bay and the CA Department of Fish and Game on Saturday, July 29 from 9 am to 12 noon, and help clean up debris and remove non-native plants in preparation for a levee breach this Fall that will restore 600 acres of wetlands on the East Bay Shoreline, near the mouth of Alameda Creek. Learn about plans for the larger breach project, how it's connected to the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project, and how you, your school, your business, and others can get involved! This site is normally off-limits to the public. For more information, directions go to www.savesfbay.org and click on Eden Landing Restoration Project
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Volunteers needed for tabling at the Niles Dog Show in Fremont on July 29 If you can help staff the Alameda Creek Alliance table for 1 or 2 hours on Saturday, July 29, at the Niles Dog Show, please contact Diana Brumbaugh, the ACA Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, at (510) 794-4252, e-mail alamedavolunteer@yahoo.com.
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Public Meetings for Livermore Parks Master Plan The Livermore Area Regional Parks District is updating its Master Plan, which sets long term goals and priorities for management of recreational and natural areas in Livermore. The LARPD will be holding three public workshops for community input: July 19 - Trails, Regional Parks and Open Space September 20 - Parks, Special Use and Historic Resource Facilities October 10 - Recreation Programs All workshops are at 7:00 pm at the Robert Livermore Community Center, Cresta Blanca Room, 4444 East Avenue, in Livermore. For more information see the LARPD meeting flyer at http://www.alamedacreek.org/Join%20-%20Volunteer/FOTA/LARPDmasterplan06.pdf or contact the LARPD at (925) 373-5700, e-mail masterplan@larpd.dst.ca.us
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Alameda County Watershed Forum Meeting August 1 The next Alameda County Watershed Forum meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 1st, from 7 to 9 PM (refreshments and socializing start at 6:30 pm). The Forum will be at County Supervisor Nate Miley's office, 20993 Redwood Court in Castro Valley, (approximately one block from the Castro Valley BART Station). The Forum is an opportunity to meet and strategize with other creek restoration advocates and agency staff in Alameda County. The agenda will include a talk by the Urban Creeks Council on erosion control along creek banks and what homeowners can do about it; the potential for an East Bay creek conference in 2007; updates on the Alameda County creek moratorium and state legislation; and a chance for sharing information on other topics of interest. For more information contact Dale Hopkins at DHopkins@waterboards.ca.gov.
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September 16 Program on the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply System On September 16, the League of Women Voters of the Bay Area will host an educational meeting in San Francisco about the $4.3 billion Hetch Hetchy Water System Improvement Project (which includes infrastructure projects in the Alameda Creek watershed) by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The program will include discussions on the Bay Area economy and water; an overview of the San Francisco Hetch Hetchy water system and the Water Supply Improvement Program; challenges of retail water agency’s emergency water plans; Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency - keeping the Water System Improvement Program on schedule; and challenges of our water system - promoting water conservation. The event will beheld from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday, September 16, at the Marines’ Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street, in San Francisco ( www.marineclub.com for more site information), in the Crystal Ballroom. Reservation are required-cost is $17.50. For reservations and information please email Treasurer of LWVBA Tam Hege, tamhege@aol.com or send a check to: Tam Hege, 80 Florada Ave., Piedmont, CA 94610. Reservations by 9/1/06.
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Jeff Miller Director Alameda Creek Alliance P.O. Box 192 Canyon, CA 94516 (510) 499-9185 Fax (415) 436-9683 E-mail: alamedacreek@hotmail.com Web site www.alamedacreek.org>
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