Derby Creek to San Leandro Creek

(Courtesy of City of Oakland/Watershed website)

Many folks living in the Bay Area have no idea that the entire East Bay was once full of flowing creeks, packed with flora and fauna, and that the East Bay flats were floodplains for these creeks to spread out and be absorbed by the land. Wholly H2O brings these watershed ecosystems back to the surface of people's imagination and understanding, along with building the desire to live in them with more awareness and personal responsibility. 

Wildcat Creek to Strawberry Creek

Vicinity of the Cerrito de San Antonio, Alameda County, 1861. Maps of Private Land Grant Cases of California, LAND CASE MAP E227, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. (courtesy of Friends of Five Creeks website)

Join Wholly H2O for a fun and inspiring evening delving into the history of the creek and ecosystem restoration movement in the East Bay in the 1980-90's. Those brave and bold enough to challenge burying creeks as a land management tool, and then restore creeks buried and degraded, will be there to talk about their efforts and reminisce about their strategies and alliances. 

John Steere - East Bay Citizens for Creek Restoration, leads the discussion of SF East Bay Creek Restoration: How it started 

Panelists will share stories between them about the projects they launched in the 1980s - 90s - why, how, and what were the results. 

• Kathy Kramer - East Bay Citizens for Creek Restoration, Friends of Sausal Creek, Friends of San Leandro Creek, Aquatic Outreach Institute 
• Alan LaPointe - Urban Creeks Council
• Bob Charbonneau - Strawberry Creek
• Bruce Douglas - East Bay Citizens for Creek Restoration, Friends of Temescal Creek
• Michael Thilgen - Friends of Sausal Creek
• Robin Freeman - Strawberry Creek; Wildcat Creek, Diversity in restoration; Mwerrit College Restoration classes
• Janet Sowers - East Bay Creeks Maps (OMCA)

Date: Tuesday, April 8th

Time: 7 -9 pm

Location: Genetics and Plant Biology Bldg, Room 100, University of California, Berkeley, CA (please see map at bottom of this announcement - the building is circled in red)
Cost: Thanks to Zeffy, there are no ticketing fees for anyone.

• Got Here First: $15.00 (first five tickets, available until March 8)
• Early Bird Tickets - $20.00  (through March 22)
• Standard Tickets -  $25.00  (March 23 - April 8) 
• At the Door Tickets $27.50 (At the door)
• As always, if you need a discounted or free ticket, reach out to info@whollyh2o.org

This is Part 1 of a two-part series - The Creeks of the San Francisco East Bay - then and now. 

Part 2, East Bay Creek Restoration: How it's going now - Panel Conversation will be held Tues, May 6th, 7-9pm, UC Berkeley

(Photos Courtesy of John Steere)

We are so dang grateful for funding from East Bay Municipal Utility District, County of Alameda Public Works Agency/Stormwater Department, and the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation. University of California, Berkeley is donating our meeting space.

Wholly H2O is fiscally sponsored by Inquiring Systems, Inc. the best fiscal sponsor a nonprofit could ask for!