Alameda Creek Watershed Council Annual Conference Presentations

Alameda Creek Watershed Council Business and Workgroup Updates 

Elke Rank, Zone 7 Water Agency; ACWC Chair	General overview of Alameda Creek Watershed Council; ACWC committee report: Stewardship Workgroup	PDF Presentation
Ralph Johnson, Alameda Co. Flood Control and Water Conservation District; ACWC Co-Assistant Chair	History of the Alameda Creek Watershed Council; ACWC committee report: Sediment Workgroup	PDF Presentation (1MB)
Manny da Costa, Alameda County Public Works Agency; ACWC Co-Assistant Chair Andy Gunther, Ph.D., Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration	ACWC committee report: Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup

Projects in and around Alameda Creek Watershed

Robin Grossinger, Historical Ecology Program Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute	Alameda Creek historical ecology: recent findings and their implications	PDF Presentation Part 1 (2MB) Part 2  (2MB)
Janet M. Sowers, Ph.D., Sr Geologist, William Lettis & Associates, Inc.	Creek & Watershed Maps – critical tools for agencies, workgroups, and non-profits	PDF Presentation  (1MB)
Jeff Miller, Director, Alameda Creek Alliance	Current advocacy work in the Alameda Creek watershed and how related projects will benefit the future of the creek	PDF Presentation (1.5MB)
John Krause, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve Manager, Department of Fish & Game	Eden Landing Ecological Reserve: a view of the Alameda Creek Watershed from it’s intersection with the SF Bay	PDF Presentation

Lessons Learned (Sediment Focus)

Greg Connaughton, CCCPWA	Flood control strategies that incorporate fish passage, flood control and sediment management: lessons learned from Contra Costa County	PDF Presentation Part 1 (2MB) Part 2 (2MB)
Sarah Pearce, Geomorphologist, San Francisco Estuary Institute	Dry Creek (Alameda Creek tributary) sediment budget	PDF Presentation(1 MB)
Mitch Swanson, Swanson Hydrology	Flood control strategies that incorporate fish passage, flood control and sediment management: lessons learned from the San Lorenzo River (Santa Cruz County)	PDF Presentation Part 1 (2MB) Part 2 (1.5MB)
Liang Xu, Sr. Engineer, Santa Clara Valley Water District	Sediment management issues including low flow channels and offchannel sediment storage: lessons learned from Santa Clara County	PDF Presentation