Wolf Creek Community Alliance: Creek Links

Wolf Creek Community Alliance

creek links

Creek Links

Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
An excellent site designed specifically for stormwater practitioners, local government officials and others that need technical assistance on stormwater management issues. Created and maintained by the Center for Watershed Protection, the SMRC has everything you need to know about stormwater in a single site: creek setbacks, urban design near creeks, open space design, parking design, permeable pavements, aquatic buffers, stream restoration, trail design, stormwater management, etc.

Urban Creeks Council of California
The Urban Creeks Council of California is a statewide non-profit organization working to preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and their riparian habitat. We act as advocates on behalf of creeks in urban and other areas, and offer support and technical advice to grassroots "friends of..." creeks groups as well as private landowners. Our projects are funded through grants from federal and state agencies as well as private foundations.
Download an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about UCC

Friends of Five Creeks
Friends of Five Creeks is a group of volunteers who seek to protect and restore the watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley, Albany, Kensington, and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. We are a grassroots, all-volunteer organization affiliated with the non-profit Urban Creeks Council of California.

California State Department of Water Resources
Manages the water resources of the state, provides grants, offers educational programs.

UC Center for Water Resources
"The mission of the Center for Water Resources is to stimulate and support water and water-related research both within and among the various academic departments and research organizations of the University. The broad research focus includes the conservation, development, management, distribution, and utilization of water resources with a view to the optimum present and future use."

Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
"The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, also known as the Rivers & Trails Program or RTCA, is a community resource of the National Park Service. Rivers & Trails staff work with communty groups and local and State governments to conserve rivers, preserve open space, and develop trails and greenways."

Adopt a Watershed program
An EPA program designed to "encourage stewardship of the nation's water resources." There are many good resources on the website, including resources for students and teachers, a nation-wide catalogue of watershed groups, and a list of 15 things you can do to make a difference in your watershed.

Sierra Nevada Alliance
An alliance of more than 50 grassroots member groups dedicated to protecting the natural environment of the Sierra Nevada. Resources on the website include a Watershed Council Toolkit and a Community Group Support Program

American Rivers
"Since 1973, American Rivers has been dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy, natural rivers and the variety of life they sustain for people, fish and wildlife. A nonprofit membership organization, we lead the nationwide river movement." Download the pdf version of a slideshow that American Rivers presented locally about FERC relicensing of hydropower dams on the Yuba and Bear rivers.