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Volunteer! :: Restoration Program
Description: The Friends of Sausal Creek Restoration Program aims to provide exposure to the wide variety of plant and animal communities within our watershed. FOSC works to restore six different habitat types (or ecological communities) which are found throughout the watershed. These habitats (or ecological communities) are: - Riparian
- Oak Woodland
- Redwood Forest
- Grassland
- Chaparral
- Northern Coastal Scrub.
The Friends are committed to organizing volunteer activities that "protect, enhance and restore the natural resources of the Sausal Creek watershed." By working within the chosen six diverse ecological communities, we are attempting to improve the overall biological diversity within the undeveloped parts of the watershed.
Individual volunteers and volunteer groups are encouraged to review our calendar of work events and chose one or more events that are of interest. Please contact our Field Coordinator if you would like to attend any of the listed events.
Skills: Showing up!
Time/Location: - Most (but not all!) Saturdays, 9am-noon
- varies; see calendar
Contact: FOSC Field Coordinator, 501-FOSC.
Restoration Program Beginnings: In 2001, FOSC partnered with the City of Oakland on a major project to restore two acres of riparian habitat along a stretch of Sausal Creek in
lower Dimond Canyon. After a contractor removed failing concrete structures,  restored meanders to the stream course, and removed non-native vegetation, creek banks were protected with bioengineering techniques and the adjacent slopes were cleared of invasive, exotic vegetation. FOSC volunteers then
propagated and planted about 20,000 native plants in the canyon. In a two-year period, volunteers contributed more than 10,000 hours to this project. Work is ongoing as the Friends strive to establish natives and keep invasive plants out.
Restoration Sites throughout the Watershed: There are now restoration sites throughout the watershed where volunteers work to remove invasive, non-native species, install erosion control material, and plant native plants grown at FOSC's native plant nursery.
- Barry Place
- Beaconsfield Canyon
- Bridgeview Trailhead
- Big Trees Trail Pallid Manzanita Site
- Dimond Canyon Park
- Dimond Park, including a Native Plant Demonstration Garden
- Fruitvale Bridge (Sausal Creek Mouth)
- Monterey Redwoods
- Nursery Lower Grasslands
- Nursery Serpentine Grasslands
- Sequoia Arena/Fern Ravine Trail
- Shepherd Canyon
- William D. Wood Park
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