1. Gordon Becker Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration
Alameda Creek: Negotiating Barriers and Other Hurdles in a South Bay Stream
Gordon Becker
Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration

3. Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup

5. Spawning and Rearing Habitat
Literature search and dry season field surveys
How we defined “suitable” habitat
Analyzed relative to criteria (e.g., substrate, temperature, habitat type, food organisms)
Presence of resident rainbow trout in different age classes
Results (reference figure)

6. Water Supply -Alameda Creek Diversion Dam

7. Alameda Creek Flooding

8. Land Use Impacts

9. Restoration. Drivers. Dedicated People. Public Appeal
Restoration Drivers Dedicated People Public Appeal Endangered Species Stakeholder Forum

10. Gas Line Crossing Literature search and dry season field surveys
How we defined “suitable” habitat
Analyzed relative to criteria (e.g., substrate, temperature, habitat type, food organisms)
Presence of resident rainbow trout in different age classes
Results (reference figure)
Large drainage area
Diverse landscape valley, coastal hills, Bay plains)
Politically complex
Parts of 3 counties
Several cities (Fremont, Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton) and unincorporated areas

11. BART Weir

12. Steelhead at BART Weir

13. Lower Inflatable Dam

14. Sunol Dam

15. PG&E Gas Line Crossing

16. Barrier Mitigation - BART Weir

17. BART Weir/Middle Inflatable Dam Fishway Conceptual Design

18. Niles Dam

19. SFPUC Fish Trapping

20. Opening the Watershed

21. Restoration Planning - Monitoring

22. Lower Alameda Creek Dredging

23. Levee Reconfiguration

24. Re-Graded Channel Alternative

25. Workgroup: Overcoming Barriers and Other Hurdles in Alameda Creek
Concensus
Cooperation
Coordination
Expertise
Success