Inventory of the Wildcat Creek Restoration Collection, 1984-2001

Processed by Randal Brandt.

Water Resources Collections and Archives

Orbach Science Library, Room 118

PO Box 5900

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Phone: (951) 827-2934

Fax: (951) 827-6378

Email: waterarc@ucr.edu

URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca

Inventory of the Wildcat Creek Restoration Collection, 1984-2001

Collection number: MS 99/9

Water Resources Collections and Archives

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, California

Contact Information:

Water Resources Collections and Archives
Orbach Science Library, Room 118
PO Box 5900
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Phone: (951) 827-2934
Fax: (951) 827-6378
Email: waterarc@ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca

Collection Processed By:: Randal Brandt
Date Completed: May 2001

Descriptive Summary

Title: Wildcat Creek Restoration Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1984-2001

Collection number: MS 99/9

Creator: Ann L. Riley and Waterways Restoration Institute

Extent: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

Repository: Water Resources Collections and Archives

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Shelf location: Water Resource Center Archives

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Provenance

Donated to Water Resources Collections and Archives 1999-2001 by Ann L. Riley, executive director of Waterways Restoration Institute.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Wildcat Creek Restoration Collection, MS 99/9, Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Access Points

Wildcat Creek (Contra Costa County, Calif.)

Restoration ecology--California--Wildcat Creek (Contra Costa County)

Stream conservation--California--Wildcat Creek (Contra Costa County)

Flood control--California--Contra Costa County.

Floodplain management--California--Contra Costa County.

Riley, Ann L. (Ann Lawrence), 1950-

Waterways Restoration Institute.

Biography

Ann L. Riley is a nationally known hydrologist, stream restoration professional, and founder and executive director of the Waterways Restoration Institute in Berkeley, CA. She founded the Institute in response to the national need for the development of a new paradigm to address flood damage reduction, floodplain management, and river management needs.

Scope and Content

Reports, newspaper clippings, articles, etc., documenting the ongoing restoration efforts of the Waterways Restoration Institute on Wildcat Creek in Contra Costa County, California.

Related Material

Note

Following is a list of related documents. Most can be found in the Water Resources Collections and Archives' library collections.

California State Coastal Conservancy, 1987. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks acquisition and enhancement, Phase I. UCB WRCA: G4482 M7
California State Coastal Conservancy, 1988. Wildcat Marsh Enhancement Plan. UCB WRCA: G4482 M8-1
The continuing saga of Wildcat Creek : battle over the Marin Avenue bridge. In: Creek currents, (Sept./Oct. 1986). UCB WRCA: G40912 W v.1 no.4 p.1
Dietrich, William E., 1990. Sediment routing in channels draining disturbed lands. University of California Water Resources Center. (Technical completion report W-734). UCB WRCA: G402 XU2-7 no.734
Ecological Analysts, Inc., 1981. Draft environmental impact report on proposed Phase I flood control project for Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4482 M1
Ecological Analysts, Inc., 1982. Final environmental impact report for Phase I Wildcat-San Pablo Creek improvements. UCB WRCA: G4482 M1 Final
Philip Williams Associates, 1984. Wildcat Creek : modified flood control plan. UCB WRCA: G4482 M4-1
Riley, Ann L., 1975. Some effects of urbanization measured on Wildcat Creek, Richmond. UCB WRCA: MS 83/3 no.3
Riley, Ann L., 1998. Restoring streams in cities : a guide for planners, policy makers, and citizens. Island Press, Washington, D.C. UCB WRCA: R 84 N8
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1984. Draft supplemental environmental impact statement, Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4482 M4
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1985. Revised draft supplemental environmental impact statement II, Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4482 M5
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1986. Final supplemental environmental impact statement II, Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4482 M6
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1988. Environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4482 M8
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1988. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : environmental mitigation : design memorandum supplement #3 to design memorandum #1, prepared by Robert E. Snieckus and Kathleen Holliday. UCB WRCA: G4482 M8-2
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1990. Draft environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks recreation facilities. UCB WRCA: G4482 N Draft
U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento District, 1990. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : Reach 1, operation and maintenance manual. UCB EnvDesign: TC424.C2 U22 1990
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1991. Environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks recreation facilities. UCB WRCA: G4482 N 1991
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1964. In the matter of public hearing held at San Pablo, California on feasibility of constructing improvements for flood control and allied purposes on Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : San Pablo, California, April 16, 1964. UCB WRCA: MS 97/1 W64 1964
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1972. Public hearing held on water resources development, Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : San Pablo, California, Wednesday, January 19, 1972. UCB WRCA: MS 97/1 W64 1972
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1973. Public meeting on flood control and allied purposes for Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : San Pablo, California, Thursday, May 31, 1973. UCB WRCA: MS 97/1 W64 1973
U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1973. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California : feasibility report for water resources development. UCB WRCA: G4483 K3-2
U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1979. General design memorandum phase I for flood control and allied purposes on Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. UCB WRCA: G4483 K9-1
Urban stream restoration : a tour of ecological restoration sites with Ann Riley, 1998. Nolte Media, Santa Rosa, Calif. Summary: An information-packed video tour of six urban stream restoration sites (including Wildcat Creek). Background information on how the projects were funded and organized with community involvement, and the history and principles of restoration. Includes examples of stream restoration in very urbanized areas, recreating stream shapes and meanders, creek daylighting, soil bioengineering, and ecological flood control projects. UCB WRCA: 84 N8-4 Video
Wildcat and San Pablo Creek, North Richmond, California, 1996. In: Protecting floodplain resources : a guidebook for communities. 2nd ed. Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force, Washington, D.C., UCB WRCA: 95.2 N6-2 p.28-30

Related Collections

Title: G. Mathias Kondolf LA222 Term Projects Collection.

Identifier/Call Number: MS 96/1,

Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Title: G. Mathias Kondolf LA227 Term Projects Collection.

Identifier/Call Number: MS 96/2,

Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Title: Luna B. Leopold Term Projects Collection.

Identifier/Call Number: MS 83/3,

Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Title: River Restoration Collection (G. Mathias Kondolf, LA227).

Identifier/Call Number: MS 99/10,

Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Box Box 1, Folder 1

Darlington, David. Trouble on Wildcat Creek, 1984.

Scope and Content Note

In: Express (Berkeley, Calif.), v. 6, no. 33 (June 1, 1984). Includes interviews with Pete Alexander, Iskander Guy, John Kerekes, Lina Hale, Alan La Pointe, Ann Riley, Lillie Mae Jones, Luna Leopold, and others.

Folder 2

Riley, Ann L. Overcoming federal water policies : the Wildcat-San Pablo creeks case, 1989.

Scope and Content Note

In: Environment, v. 31, no. 10 (Dec. 1989).

Folder 3

Waterways Restoration Institute. Wildcat Creek restoration and education project, Richmond, California : final report. Berkeley, Calif., July 1997.

Scope and Content Note

Submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, San Francisco, Calif.

Folder 4

Waterways Restoration Institute. Restoration plan for Wildcat Creek in Davis Park, City of San Pablo, California. Berkeley, Calif., January 1999.

Scope and Content Note

Prepared by Graduate Seminar in River Restoration Project Design and Installation for University of California, Riverside, graduate students (Ralph Boniello,Eli Ilano,Corrina Kweskin,Roger Leventhal,Jill Marshall,Katrina Schneider,Mark Spencer,John Stella); prepared for the City of San Pablo.

Folder 5

Waterways Restoration Institute. A mid-course review of the implementation of the Wildcat-San Pablo Creek flood damage reduction project. Berkeley, Calif., January 2000.

Scope and Content Note

Memorandum report written by Ann L. Riley.

Folder 6

Waterways Restoration Institute. Lower Wildcat Creek restoration project : designed and constructed in 2000, Richmond, California. Berkeley, Calif., 2000.

Scope and Content Note

Prepared for the California Department of Water Resources, Urban Streams Restoration Program (DWR Grant V-70010).

Folder 7

Riley, Ann L. Wildcat Creek restoration project : a case study in adaptive management, 2001.

Scope and Content Note

Paper presented at the California Habitat and Floodplain Conference, Sacramento, Calif., March 12-14, 2001.

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