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Strawberry Creek is a natural feature of the UC Berkeley campus and is one of the primary reasons the site was selected in 1860. In addition to the natural beauty of the Creek, which was named for the wild strawberries that once lined its banks, it is home to a variety of species of wildlife, which provide a valuable resource for education and research. Since 1987, the campus has undertaken a significant restoration effort to return the creek to its natural condition. Restoration activities include ongoing monitoring of water quality, bi-annual cleanups, the re-introduction of native fish and insects, and the installation of native plant life. Cleanups are held twice annually in the spring and the fall. Volunteers are equipped with gloves and trash bags, and typically bag around 1,000 lbs of trash per cleanup. Along with the cleanup activity, public outreach programs are oriented towards educating the student community to be more diligent in properly disposing of their trash rather than allowing it to soil the campus environment.
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Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Strawberry Creek
“Strawberry Creek is a major landscape feature of the University of California, Berkeley, and was one of the primary reasons the site was chosen in 1860 as the location for the campus.
Strawberry Creek is home to a growing number of native animals and plants due to a restoration project started in 1987.Fish, newts, egrets, banana slugs, crayfish, and small creaturessuch as mayflies, water striders, and snails are now common.”
Strawberry Creek Web site:http://strawberrycreek.berkeley.edu/index.html
Strawberry Creek
Strawberry Creek is a natural and important Bay Area resource, which members of the University’s Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Environmental Protection Team try to keep clean and free of debris by hosting a semi-annual clean-up.
In September 2007, the Office of Marketing & Business Outreach (OMBO) supported the EH&S team’s efforts in helping to publicize the event and coordinating participation by first time Strawberry Creek Clean-up sponsor, Teva. The event was a success, with many bags of trash and debris collected by campus volunteers.
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007, UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff had the opportunity to help clean up Strawberry Creek.
Teva, BayKeeper, and Lonely Planet joined the campus in supporting this event.
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Tim Pine and Rebecca Anderson, members of EH&S’ Environmental Protection Team, greet clean-up volunteers
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Volunteers cleaning up Strawberry Creek
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Not only did the clean-up remove litter and trash from Strawberry Creek, it helped to lessen the impact of trash washing into the Bay during the next storm.
To learn more about Bay Area waters and how they are affected by pollution, visit http://www.baykeeper.org/.
Bags filled with trash from the creek.
Thank you, Volunteers!
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
EH&S, Teva, Lonely Planet, and Baykeeper provided information about their ongoing “green” efforts as well as thank you gifts to the volunteers. Volunteers received mugs, including a few made from corn, CDs, and other rewards for their efforts. Four volunteers, who participated in a drawing for Teva shoe gift certificates, were the lucky winners.
Volunteers and the campus community were treated to a concert by Jay Nash
Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Acknowledgements: Environment, Health & Safety and the Office of Marketing & Business Outreach would like to thank the following groups for their participation in the September 18, 2007, Strawberry Creek Clean-up
Professor William BerryTevaLonely PlanetBayKeeperJay Nash Our “Clean up” Volunteers
CreditsPhotos – EH&S website and Sandra Scoggins
UC Berkeley Sustainabilty Efforts
The Strawberry Creek Clean-up is only one of many sustainability efforts taking place at UC Berkeley. To learn more about sustainability efforts at the University or how you can help in keeping the campus and other environs green, visit these helpful sites:
http://ehs.berkeley.edu/http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/http://bie.berkeley.edu/
Join us in the spring for our next clean-up event. Remember: Blue + Gold = GREEN!
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