Next MVSK Meeting is November 9th, 5pm
at SASM, 450 Sycamore Ave
Next Fabulous Volunteer Workparty: December 12th 10am Old Mill Park!!
Site is just upstream of bridge. Bring sturdy shoes and clothing. More info and to RSVP call Mike
The Mill Valley StreamKeepers is one of many Bay Area organizations striving to research, protect and improve our watersheds.
Marin Resources Conservation District, Urban Stream Resources:
Behind a restored creek, healthier soil, or thriving habitat is often a network of people working together: land stewards who know their properties intimately, scientists and technical specialists, local organizations, contractors, funders, public agencies, and community partners. Marin RCD helps bring those pieces together.
One Tam: a collaborative effort to promote the long term health of Mt. Tamalpais especially through volunteer work.
Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed:
North of Mill Valley is a large watershed stretching from Fairfax to San Quentin. Click here for their NATIVE PLANT LIST.
Works to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.
Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program :
MCSTOPPP strives to prevent stormwater pollution, protect and enhance water quality in creeks and wetlands and preserve beneficial uses of local waterways.
The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors investigating their local stream ecosystems. Following instructions in the Leaf Pack Network Manual, monitors use tree leaves and aquatic insects to determine the health of their stream and understand its ecology.
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Klamath Resource Information System:
www.krisweb.com: Scientific studies and bibliography about Mill Valley’s streams (see East Marin-Sonoma, Arroyo Corte Madera) are posted in graphic and chart information with full sourcing.
A group of community activists from a variety of local organizations.
Marin Agricultural Land Trust:
Preserves farmland in Marin County through conservation easements, public education (including hikes and tours of farms, ranches and gardens) and advocacy.
San Francisco Estuary Institute: An excellent resource for information on Bay Area Riparian and wetland ecosystems, this site contains useful protocols for stream surveys as well as access to Bay monitoring reports.
Save the Bay: Seeks to preserve, restore and protect the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Estuary as a healthy and biologically diverse ecosystem essential to the well-being of the human and natural communities it sustains.
SPAWN: The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network works to protect endangered salmon in the Lagunitas Watershed, and the environment on which we all depend.
The County of Marin provides stream gage data. Under “Select View,” click on “All Sites.” Under “Select site,” click on “Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio.” Then click on “graph” to see a plot of the current river stage. The gage is located along the creek near the Marin Theater Company, just above the extent of tidal influence.
Watershed Alliance of Marin Founded in 2013, Watershed Alliance of Marin (WAM) is a network of advocacy, communities, education and land conservation organizations working to protect and restore Marin County’s watersheds and the native wildlife nourished by our natural heritage.