San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Alhambra Valley Creek Coalition Restoration Project Project 6 San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects 2004-08-01 Unknown Jamie Menasco Jamie Menasco avcc@softcom.net Mike Vuckman Mike Vuckman mike@urbancreeks.org Contra Costa County Public Works
US Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
US Friends of Alhambra Creek
US Urban Creeks Council
US Sandy Scoggin sscoggin@sfbayjv.org Alhambra Creek Watershed Planning Group Cooperator American Canyon, City of Cooperator Contra Costa County Funder Contra Costa County Public Works Lead agency Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Lead agency Friends of Alhambra Creek Lead agency National Park Service Funder San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Funder Urban Creeks Council Lead agency Unknown Unknown 0 The Alhambra Valley Creek Coalition (AVCC) Restoration Project will stabilize severe erosion along a 1-mile reach of Alhambra Creek and at a headcut that threatens to undermine a dam in the upper watershed; enhance riparian habitat by replacing invasive plants with species native to the watershed; improve fish passage and in-stream habitat for native steelhead trout; restore two springs in the upper watershed, and reduce flooding by increasing channel capacity. Bank erosion along this reach is of particular concern because it threatens the gravesite of John Muir, located on National Park Service property. Residences on the entire reach are on septic systems; their leachfields are being exposed and are contributing to high bacterial levels in the creek. AVCC is the result of a coming-together of 45 neighbors, an elementary school, and the National Park Service, all interested in addressing their individual bank erosion concerns with a watershed approach. The innovation displayed by AVCC will be a leading example for creekside property owners across the state. channel stabilization, habitat restoration, water quality improvement, and flood management Unknown 90 -90 180 -180 Wetlands Habitat Restoration Creek and Lake - Creek and riparian zone 1 steelhead trout red-legged frog Contra Costa County Alhambra Creek from Alhambra Avenue to Alhambra Valley Road (1-mile)in both City of Martinez and unincorporated Contra Costa County. Latitude: 37º58’30" N Longitude:122º 07’30" W CalEDLN project standard 1.0RC1 2009-11-20 Sandra Scoggin