Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Collection Number
Processing History
Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Related Materials - Archival Collections
Related Materials - Published Items
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Wildcat Creek Restoration collection
Date (inclusive): 1984-2001
Collection Number: WRCA 017
Creator:
Riley, Ann L. (Ann Lawrence), 1950-
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: Reports, newspaper clippings, articles, etc., documenting the ongoing restoration efforts of the Waterways Restoration Institute
on Wildcat Creek in Contra Costa County, California.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Wildcat Creek Restoration collection (WRCA 017). Water Resources Collections
and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ann L. Riley, executive director of Waterways Restoration Institute, 1999-2001.
Collection Number
Collection number updated May 2020. Legacy collection number was MS 99/9. This change was part of a project in 2018-2020 to
update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Processing History
Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, 2001.
Biographical Note
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.
Collection Scope and Contents
Reports, newspaper clippings, articles, etc., documenting the ongoing restoration efforts of the Waterways Restoration Institute
on Wildcat Creek in Contra Costa County, California.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Related Materials - Archival Collections
Related collections held by the WRCA.
- Wildcat Creek (WRCA 015)
- Macroinvertebrates in Wildcat and San Leandro Creeks (WRCA 016)
- Wildcat Creek Monitoring (WRCA 018)
- Luna B. Leopold papers (WRCA 113)
- G. Mathias Kondolf Landscape Architecture Term Projects Collection (WRCA 154)
- River Restoration Projects collection (WRCA 209)
Related Materials - Published Items
- California State Coastal Conservancy, 1987. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks acquisition and enhancement, Phase I. WRCA: G4482
M7
- California State Coastal Conservancy, 1988. Wildcat Marsh Enhancement Plan. WRCA: G4482 M8-1
- The continuing saga of Wildcat Creek : battle over the Marin Avenue bridge. In: Creek currents, (September/October 1986).
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). 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. WRCA: G4482 M1
- Ecological Analysts, Inc., 1982. Final environmental impact report for Phase I Wildcat-San Pablo Creek improvements. WRCA:
G4482 M1 Final
- Philip Williams Associates, 1984. Wildcat Creek : modified flood control plan. WRCA: G4482 M4-1
- Riley, Ann L., 1975. Some effects of urbanization measured on Wildcat Creek, Richmond. 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. 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. 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. 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. WRCA: G4482 M6
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1988. Environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa
County, California. 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.
WRCA: G4482 M8-2
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1990. Draft environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks recreation
facilities. WRCA: G4482 N Draft
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1991. Environmental assessment : Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks recreation
facilities. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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., WRCA: 95.2 N6-2 p.28-30
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Waterways Restoration Institute
Flood control -- California -- Contra Costa County
Floodplain management -- California -- Contra Costa County
Restoration ecology -- California -- Wildcat Creek (Contra Costa County)
Stream conservation -- California -- Wildcat Creek (Contra Costa County)