2017/2018 has been a busy time for Friends of Orinda Creeks. In addition to our usual Creek activities, including water monitoring, rainbow trout spotting in Lauterwasser and San Pablo Creek and two major clean-up days, Friends of Orinda Creeks:

• Worked closely with EBMUD on clearing the Debris Dam located just upstream from the Bear Creek Road bridge over San Pablo Creek (near the Wagner Ranch Nature Area). A clear passage-way allows fish and other aquatic life easy upstream/downstream passage.
• Is actively working with the City of Orinda and a coalition of local groups, including the Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary, to restore the downtown stretch of San Pablo Creek (Chevron to Safeway) and integrate that restoration with the Downtown Redevelopment Plan. Our goal is to make the creek as it flows through the Village an integral part of a revitalized downtown, including walking/bike paths, improved riparian habitat, restoration of native plants, and rainbow trout. FOC is currently fund raising to retain the services of an engineering firm to develop several restoration scenarios which will eventually be used to attract implementation funding. Creek restoration is also an important part of flood control, which this section of the creek is in dire need of.
• Hosted in conjunction with the Orinda Library a lecture by Dr. Ann Riley entitled "Restoring Creeks in Difficult Urban Sites: Options for Orinda". We had an excellent turnout and hope to continue this partnership with the library in 2019.

2018-19 will be an exciting year for Orinda Creeks! Your tax-deductible donations are essential to helping us further these projects as well as continue our community outreach and education.

Your tax deductible donations are essential to helping us further these projects as well as continue our community outreach and education. Members are invited to our semi-annual creek clean-up days and kept informed of our progress in the community. You can visit our website at orindacreeks.org for more information.