Stormwater Related Organizations and Resources

Partners

• Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
• Alameda County Clean Water Program

Local Creek Groups

• Friends of Sausal Creek
• Friends of Peralta Creek and Park
• Friends of Glen Echo Creek - Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League
• Butters Land Trust "Protecting the Headwaters of Oakland's Peralta Creek"
• Garber Park Stewards
• Friends of San Leandro Creek
• Alameda Creek Alliance

Non-Profits, Community, Education

• San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (wetlands information)
• San Francisco Estuary Institute
• San Francisco Estuary Partnership
• International Rivers Network
• Save San Francisco Bay Association
• Urban Creeks Council
• Lake Merritt Institute

Government Oakland/Alameda County

• Oakland Museum's Guide to Bay Area Creeks and other creek info
• Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program; includes information about Best Management Practices ("BMPs") for construction and maintenance projects
• StopWaste.Org offers programs in source reduction and recycling and provides information and technical assistance to the public including the Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening guidelines.
• Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
• Alameda County Office of Education
• Oakland Recycles

State/Federal

• California Coastal Conservancy
• California Coastal Commission
• Environmental Protection Agency Volunteer Monitoring Site
• Environmental Protection Agency Surf Your Watershed Site for the San Francisco Bay Area
• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Across the U.S.
• California All Trails contains trail-related information for the entire state

Permitting Agencies

• City of Oakland, CEDA, Permitting Division
• San Francisco Water Quality Control Board
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Army Corps of Engineers
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA is processed through the City of Oakland, Planning & Building Department)

Native Plants & Gardens

• East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden
• California Native Plant Society
• East Bay Chapter of California Native Plant Society
• California Native Plant Discussion Group
• Native Habitats (nationwide listing of habitat restoration groups, volunteer projects, and other native plant resources)
• Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department information
• Garden Net Resource for finding gardening organizations and information, including native plant and 30 other types of gardens
• Garden Web More gardening information
• Society for Ecological Restoration

Other Websites & Resources

• Low-Impact Urban Design Tools for Water
• Best Management Practices (BMPs), strategies for minimizing impacts during construction from the Alameda County Clean Water Program