Alameda Creek: Negotiating Barriers and Other Hurdles in

a South Bay Stream

Gordon Becker

Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration

Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup

Spawning and

Rearing Habitat

Water Supply -Alameda

Creek Diversion

Dam

Alameda Creek Flooding

Land Use Impacts

Restoration DriversDedicated People

Public AppealEndangered SpeciesStakeholder Forum

Gas Line Crossing

BART Weir

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Steelhead at BART Weir

Lower Inflatable Dam

Sunol Dam

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PG&E Gas Line Crossing

Barrier Mitigation - BART Weir

BART Weir/Middle Inflatable Dam Fishway

Conceptual Design

Niles Dam

SFPUC Fish Trapping

Opening the Watershed

Restoration Planning - Monitoring

Lower Alameda Creek Dredging

Levee Reconfiguration

Re-Graded Channel Alternative

Workgroup: Overcoming Barriers and Other Hurdles in

Alameda Creek

Concensus

Cooperation

Coordination

Expertise

Success