About the Friends About Sausal Creek Volunteer Donate Contact Photos Links Website Index Home en Español   FOSC BLOG		Volunteer! :: Restoration Program Volunteer! Calendar Tasks Nursery Activities Monitoring Teams Restoration Committees Resources Related Links Plant Sale Transit Info Partners Nature FOSC Project List Description: The Friends of Sausal Creek Restoration Program aims to provide exposure to the wide variety of plant and animal communities within our watershed. We have adopted six very different sites. Each site represents one of the dominant ecological communities within the watershed: Riparian Oak Woodland Redwood Forest Grassland Chaparral Northern Coastal Scrub. The Friends are committed to organizing volunteer activities that "protect, enhance and restore the natural resources of the Sausal Creek watershed." By working within the chosen six diverse ecological communities we are attempting to improve the overall biological diversity within the undeveloped parts of the watershed. Groups are encouraged to review our calendar of work events and chose one or more events that are of interest. Please contact our Field Coordinator if you would like to attend any of the listed events. Skills: Showing up! Time/Location: Most (but not all!) Saturdays, 9am-noon varies; see calendar Contact: FOSC Field Coordinator, 501-FOSC. More Info:In 2001, FOSC partnered with the City of Oakland on a major project to restore two acres of riparian habitat along a stretch of Sausal Creek in lower Dimond Canyon. After a contractor removed failing concrete structures, restored meanders to the stream course, and removed non-native vegetation, creek banks were protected with bioengineering techniques and the adjacent slopes were cleared of invasive, exotic vegetation. FOSC volunteers then propagated and planted about 20,000 native plants in canyon. In the past 24 months, volunteers have contributed more than 10,000 hours to this project. Work is ongoing as the Friends strive to establish natives and keep invasive plants out. Photo by the late, great Elliot Smith (click to enlarge.) Read a short status report (.pdf, 28k) about the work in the canyon (December 2002.)
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