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Fast-moving water in a narrow creek-bed in the redwood forest.

Wildfire Prevention

Fern Ravine

Pallid manzanita leaves and flowers in bloom.

Biodiversity

Chabot Space and Science Center

Volunteers removing invasive vegetation in front of a brightly painted and mosaic mural at Jingletown Garden.

Urban Greening

Jingletown Native Plant Garden

Sausal Creek with rocks and tree trunks. A small cascade of water runs over a rock into a reflective pool.

Flood Control

Dimond Canyon

Monarch caterpillar on narrow-leaf milkweed.

Habitat Support

Bridgeview Pollinator Garden

Footpath with fencing along Fern Ravine Creek in a redwood forest.

Restoration builds resilience.

Healthy ecosystems are better able to serve our communities, host wildlife, and respond and adapt to climate-related disasters.

WE DO RESTORATION WORK IN 26 GREEN SPACES ALONG SAUSAL CREEK.

FIND OUR PROJECT SITES BELOW:

volunteer at a project site

Water quality monitoring and wildlife surveys allow us to track the health of the watershed and respond to ecosystem changes.

Bluebird perched on a twig.

FOSC staff measuring the height of healthy pallid manzanita shrubs.

Small juvenile rainbow trout in water.

Three Team Oakland participants collect aquatic insects in the creek.

Three students reviewing water quality samples next to the creek.

inquire about monitoring opportunities

Then (2010) and Now (2023) comparison photos of the Fern Ravine redwood understory.

RESTORATION SPOTLIGHT

Fern Ravine

Reviving the headwaters of Sausal Creek has been a FOSC focus for over a decade. In Fern Ravine, site leaders/board members Dr. Robert Leidy and Tim Vendlinski have spearheaded our protection and restoration efforts.

With the dedication of hundreds of volunteers contributing thousands of hours of tireless physical effort, Fern Ravine is a model for restoring other areas of Sausal Creek.

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