Alameda Creek Alliance
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The Alameda Creek Alliance is a volunteer-based community watershedgroup working to restore native steelhead trout to Alameda Creek.
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Jeff Miller, Man on a Mission
June 23, 2011 by Beth Slatkin
Jeff Miller is a man on a mission: He is dedicated to being an effective voice for endangered species and preserving the Northern California habitats they depend on for survival. He currently pursues this mission as founding director of the Alameda Creek Alliance and as a conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Controversial Niles Canyon Project Reopened for Comment
June 03, 2011 by Isaura Linares
After months of protests from local environmental activists and some government officials, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is reopening the public comment period for part of the controversial Niles Canyon Improvement Safety Project on Highway 84 east of Fremont. Comments will now be taken through July 7.
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Good News for Steelhead from SFPUC
February 10, 2011 by Erica Reder
Things are looking up for the steelhead trout of Alameda Creek. A revised plan to replace the Calaveras Dam includes several features that will benefit the federally threatened fish. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) approved the project on January 27, 2011, ending years of discussion with conservation groups and federal agencies.
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Road vs. Stream in Niles Canyon
January 01, 2011 by Aleta George
State Route 84 twists and turns along Alameda Creek through Niles Canyon between Fremont and Sunol. An effort by Caltrans to make the road safer has hit a roadblock: Environmental groups, local citizens, and the City of Fremont claim that widening and straightening the road will simply encourage drivers to go faster while harming a creek that has been the focus of steelhead trout restoration efforts.
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Alameda Creek Dam Policies Could Decide Frogs’ Future
August 27, 2010 by Vanessa Thill
Sarah Kupferberg, a research scientist at UC Berkeley, is fascinated by foothill yellow-legged frogs, once common but now scarce in Alameda Creek. The SF Public Utilities Commission is rebuilding the Calavares Dam, and the way that dam gets managed may well determine the fate of these rare frogs.
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Agreement Opens Way for Quarrying on Apperson Ridge
June 04, 2009 by Laura Hautala
A long-running battle over a quarry proposed for Apperson Ridge adjacent to Sunol Regional Wilderness reached a new chapter last month when two environmental groups struck a deal with the quarry operator. The deal includes major funding for habitat protection and other concessions, but also clears the way for quarrying in an area that’s important habitat for tule elk and other species.
Update: Steelhead on Alameda Creek
January 01, 2006 by Kevin Cutler
2005
“By the Water’s Edge: A Chronicle of Two Creeks”
Our January-March 2005 issue highlighted the riparian habitats of the …
