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Also of interest the "Temescal Creek Design Guidelines" (.pdf - 4.8MB)
July 15, 2000
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Overview The Friends of Temescal Creek (FoTC) is a community organization of Temescal Creek Watershed citizens, businesses and supporting organizations. After several years of informal events, FoTC started with a Temescal Creek Watershed Tour in April 1997. Representatives of groups, governments, and business spent a day in thoughtful contemplation and discussion of nature, local development issues and people from the headwaters to the delta of the watershed. Our ideal is to see Temescal Creek restored as a natural watercourse through the urban landscape, providing a recreational and wildlife corridor from the hills to the bay. Our long range plan is to work toward a guided urban trail along the Temescal Creek corridor, with pieces of the natural riparian landscape being added to the whole as the community support develops, and as financial opportunities arise. We have produced the "Temescal Creek Corridor In Emeryville, Design Guidelines" for greenway development within the City of Emeryville. You can view the "Follow the Creek" poster series about Temescal Creek, located where the creek crosses under Telegraph Avenue at 51st Street in Oakland. Also, we have collaborated with neighbors of the new post office at 4900 Shattuck Avenue to create "Postmark Temescal, A Community Commemoration Site," a comfortable gathering spot featuring a wrought iron watershed map, mosaic creek with text and neighborhood map bench showing the creek course beneath the site. There is growing citizen interest in creeks in Oakland and Emeryville, and throughout the Bay Area and beyond. The City of Oakland has adopted legislation, "The Creek Protection Ordinance" (.pdf) to protect and enhance cr! eeks and clean up water flowing into the bay. Millions of dol lars are being invested in development and construction along the creek. FoTC is working to shape these resources and foster other resources into a green, accessible watershed for our community. |
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| Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring We are developing a monthly schedule to do base line chemical water quality testing at several points in the watershed, and a quarterly series of e-coli tests, to continue our current work. Email Joan-Marie Wood to get involved. FOTC needs the following volunteers:
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