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The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW) is a
community organization dedicated to the preservation and
restoration of the Marsh Creek Watershed.
"Creeks Create Community"
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Natural Heritage Institute
East Bay Regional Park District
Resource Conservation District
Dutch Slough Project
Save Mount Diablo
Delta Science Center
Department of Conservation
Contra Costa County Flood Control
Department of Water Resources
Watershed Project
City of Brentwood
Brentwood Park, Trail and Recreation Master Plan
City of Oakley
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan
Contra Costa County Volunteer Monitoring Program
Brentwood Farmers Market
Oakley Almond Festival
Brentwood CornFest

Water Issues
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Agency brochure
Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Conservation Resources
Check out water levels information
Flood Control's Marsh Creek Page

For Kids

Critters

Plants
Delta Informal Gardeners
Master Gardener Project
California Native Plant Society

History
East Contra Costa Historical Ecology Project
John Marsh House
East Contra Costa Historical Society
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November  8, 2007    
Sarah Puckett, Natural Heritage Institute
The North East Contra Costa County  Shoreline:
Development Proposals and Restoration Opportunities

December 2007


January 8, 2008
Alyson Aquino, District Conservationist with Resource
Conservation District
Improving Water Quality in the Marsh Creek Watershed
Through Alternative Irrigation Methods

February 7, 2008
Bob Case, California Native Plant Society
Don’t Let The Weeds Take the Creek- Discusses invasive
plant species.

March 13, 2008
No Speaker
Business Meeting

April 10, 2008
Mitch Avalon, Deputy Chief Engineer for the Contra Costa
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Discusses Mount Diablo Mercury Mine Clean Up

May 8, 2008
Tom Lindemuth, Teacher at Liberty High School in Oakley
Discusses Freedom High School Monitoring Program

No Speakers June or July

August 14, 2008
Mike Moran, Naturalist with East Bay Regional Park
District
Connecting Creeks and Restoration

September 11, 2008
Frank Palmeri, California Coastal Commission Contra
Costa County Coordinator
California Coastal Cleanup Day

No Speaker October

November 13, 2008
John Cain of the Natural Heritage Institute
And Tom Williams from Ironhouse Sanitary District
The Future of Lower Marsh Creek

December 11, 2008
JD Wikert, Habitat Restoration Specialist, Anadromous
Fish Restoration Program, United States Fish and Wildlife
Service  D                                                                            
Discusses Salmon
Habitat                                                                               
                                                     Wayne Reeves, Director of
Project Development for Liberty Union High School District
(LUHSD) Discusses Proposed 4th High School
February 2009
John Kopchik
East Contra Costa Habitat Conservancy and Creek Set
Backs

March 12, 2009
Dr. Jim Hale
Natural history of East Contra Costa County including
Marsh Creek Watershed

April 9, 2009
Anne Littlejohn, Environmental Scientist with the Central
Valley
Regional Water Quality Board
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board

May 14, 2009
Beth Askevold and Bronwen Stanford of the San Francisco
Estuary Institute (SFEI)  and Abigail Fateman of the Contra
Costa County Department of Conservation and
Development.
Historical Ecology of East Contra Costa County

June11, 2009
Johnnie Mitchell, Contra Costa Water District
Water Conservation Inside and Outside the Home