Media articles

The Alameda Creek Alliance in the news

Over 300 articles in Bay Area newspapers about Alameda Creek restoration since 1997

Television coverage:

CBS Channel 5, May 6, 2008 - Steelhead Trout Makes Comeback In East Bay Creek

KTVU Channel 2, September 21, 2006 - SUNOL: John Fowler Reports on Completion of Dam Project to Save Fish Habitat

CBS Channel 5, September 21, 2006 - Project in Works to Restore Alameda Creek (printed version of story)

Contra Costa Times

March 14, 2008 - Steelhead Trout Seen Flirting in Alameda Creek

March 1, 2008 - Groups Ask Army to Consider Critters

February 27, 2007 - Fish Screens in Alameda Creek

September 22, 2006 - Utility to Demolish Dams on Alameda Creek Today

May 22, 2006 - Fish-Flow Study Receives $30,000 From Water Agency

April 13, 2006 - PUC Approves Removal of Dams to Help Trout

March 16, 2006 - More Trout Saved

March 9, 2006 - Creek Group Plays Name That Trout

June 22, 2005 - Activist Coalition in Sunol Seeks Time to Plan Future

June 3, 2005 - Groups Call S.F. on Lands' Stewardship

May 26, 2005 - Sunol's Activist Groups Join Forces

May 6, 2005 - Grant Opens Floodgates For Trout

November 11, 2004 - River Otter Reported at Alameda Creek

June 23, 2004 - Protection of Rainbow Trout Eyed

October 30, 2003 - Groups Threaten Suit Over Parks Grazing Plan

August 6, 2003 - Groups Try to Stop Park Grazing

May 9, 2003 - Steelhead Fest on Tap Saturday

December 20, 2002 - Dam Plan Approved for Valley

November 19, 2002 - Agency's Fish Proposal Eyed

June 4, 2002 - West's War Over Cows Hits Home

August 18, 2001 - Concrete Steps Made to Aid Fish

May 5, 2001 - Festival Attempts to Hook Supporters

March 14, 2000 - Fish to Get Help by Removal of Dams

February 4, 2000 - Grazing Policy Review

January 23, 2000 - Ecologists Work to Restore Trout's Habitat

January 23, 2000 - All Eyes on Bay Trout

October 27, 1999 - Trout Restoration to Get Closer Look

October 21, 1999 - U. S. Will Step Up the Pace on Protection of Steelhead

April 4, 1999 - Trout May Get Lift on Trip to Breeding Grounds

March 12, 1999 - Park Grazing Ruling Appeal Planned

October 3, 1998 - Park District is Sued Over Cattle Grazing Policy

May 9, 1998 - Kids Help Put Trout Back in Creek

January 5, 1998 - Settlement Provides More Water for Trout

January 4, 1998 - Pressure Mounts to Restore Fish Run

October 16, 1997 - El Nino and Activists Aid Return of Salmon

East Bay Express

May 27, 2009 - A Deal to Save Sunol and Ohlone

November 12, 2008 - Saving the Tuolumne River

March 8, 2008 - Bonnie & Clyde Spawning?

February 13, 2008 - Burrowing Into Dublin

May 23, 2007 - Mine, All Mine!

April 12, 2006 - We're Outta Here!

December 7, 2005 - Fishy Business

March 27, 2000 - A Local Grazing Critic Conducts His Own Study

March 10, 2000 - Stubborn Steelhead Convince a Gaggle of Agencies to Restore Endangered Habitat

November 5, 1999 - Feds Another Impediment to Plucky Salmon

June 5, 1998 - Up the Creeks!

March 13, 1998 - It Must be Spring

January 16, 1998 - What if the Steelhead Were to Return to Alameda Creek?

Fremont Argus

March 12, 2009 - Former teacher, water district trustee remembered

May 20, 2008 - Screens Set Stage For Steelhead Return

May 2, 2008 - Young Trout May Be Area's First Steelhead in a Half-Century

March 12, 2008 - Alliance Hopes Steelhead Trout Making Comeback

September 26, 2007 - Project Opens Door for Fish

October 27, 2006 - Levee Project to Restore Habitat

October 20, 2006 - Huang, Lampert for Water Board

September 30, 2006 - Program Says 'No' to Eroding Arroyo

September 22, 2006 - Memo to Fish: Agency to Blast Two Dams on Alameda Creek

August 24, 2006 - Goodbye, Niles Dam

June 26, 2006 - Patterson Ranch Debate Brewing

December 30, 2005 - Fish Policy Splits Feds, Conservationists

June 20, 2004 - Cousins May Help Restore Steelhead: Rainbow trout may get protection so they can benefit their seagoing kin

May 9, 2003 - Steelhead Event on Saturday

October 30, 2002 - Steelhead Restoration Cost Could Exceed $10 Million

January 4, 2002 - Conservationists Look to Restore Arroyo Mocho as Steelhead Run

May 15, 2001 - Stepping Up

May 13, 2001 - Festival Raises Steelhead Awareness

May 12, 2001 - Steelhead Fanatics Head for Niles Park

March 15, 2000 - Study Spurs Plans to Remove Steelhead Trout Barriers

February 3, 2000 - Steelhead Revival Possible in Alameda Creek, Tributaries

January 28, 2000 - Activists Say San Francisco Ignoring Steelhead in Creek

January 21, 2000 - Men of Steelhead

December 29, 1999 - Upstream Battle Getting Easier for Steelhead Activists

April 16, 1999 - Alameda Creek Alliance Sues to Protect Steelhead

March 29, 1999 - Trout Trio

January 30, 1999 - Steelhead Trout Seen Again in Alameda Creek

May 8, 1998 - Students Enlisted to Save Steelhead in Alameda Creek

April 9, 1998 - Alliance Members Seek Protection for Steelhead Trout

March 18, 1998 - Steelhead Survival

March 17, 1998 - Steelhead Trout Get Help From Officials

March 12, 1998 - Steelhead Spotted Heading Upcreek

March 5, 1998 - Long-Gone Trout Return to Spawn

January 9, 1998 - Workers Restoring Blocked Creeks

October 22, 1997 - Alameda Creek Group Seeks Fish's Return

Hayward Daily Review

September 22, 2006 - Alameda Creek Reopens for Fish Traffic

March 7, 2006 - Spawn-taneous Act of Kindness

February 27, 2002 - Prop 40 Critic, Backers Mull Parks' Value

October 22, 1999 - Regulations Would Protect Endangered Steelhead Trout

March 19, 1998 - Steelhead Return Could Curb Trout Fishing in Creek

March 16, 1998 - Fish Frenzy

March 12, 1998 - Endangered Trout May Make Comeback

December 14, 1997 - Steelhead Trout Spotted in Creek Raise Fish Stakes

Livermore Independent

May 28, 2009 - Quarry Agreement Enhances Environment

March 26, 2009 - Lawsuit to Challenge Staples Ranch EIR

February 12, 2009 - Staples Ranch Decision Delayed

January 29, 2009 - Incomplete Wildlife List

January 22, 2009 - Conservationists Want More Species in Watershed Plan

January 22, 2009 - Zone 7 Approves Salmon Study Funds

May 1, 2008 - Astute Lobbying For Steelhead (Editorial)

March 27, 2008 - Bonnie And Clyde (Editorial)

August 23, 2007 - Short Cut Across Arroyo Has Been Removed

August 23, 2007 - Alameda Creek Alliance Celebrates 10th Anniversary

July 12, 2007 - Livermore School District to Remove Arroyo Mocho Crossing Behind Granada High School

December 7, 2006 - SFPUC Hears What People Want In Environmental Plan

October 26, 2006 - Tools from Nature Used to Shore up Arroyo Banks

October 19, 2006 - Study to Look at Restoring Fish

March 16, 2006 - Steelhead Rescue

November 10, 2005 - Hearings Set For Calaveras Dam Scoping EIR

June 15, 2005 - Groups Ask SFPUC To Modify Approach On Creek

June 2, 2005 - Three Groups Unite to Create Sunol Vision

June 24, 2004 - Alameda Creek Steelhead May Be on Protected List

October 9, 2003 - EBRPD Asked to Conduct Environmental Review

August 7, 2003 - EBRPD Asked to Emphasize Wilderness

April 24, 2003 - Creek Alliance Wants Emphasis on Wilderness

December 26, 2002 - Cleaner, Friendlier Arroyos for Fish

January 2002 - Arroyo Mocho Steelhead to be Discussed

March 8, 2001 - Steelhead Back; Fish Passage Projects Underway

August 31, 2000 - Group Aims to Bring Steelhead Back to Arroyo Mocho

February 10, 2000 - Habitat Could Support Steelhead

January 13, 2000 - Panel Wants to Give Fish What They Need Most - Water

June 30, 1999 - Editorial: Steelhead Lawsuit

June 23, 1999 - Lawsuit Filed to Protect Steelhead

December 10, 1997 - Group Hopes to Bring Back Wild Fish Runs

Oakland Tribune

October 12, 2005 - Residents: Keep Water in River

June 12, 2005 - Groups Urge PUC: Deflate Creek Plans

May 4, 2005 - Dam Removal Will Save Fish, Keep Water Flowing

January 9, 2002 - Fish Hit Barriers on Breeding Trail

August 15, 2001 - Die Cast for Return of Steelhead

May 11, 2001 - Groups Hoping to Damn 2 Dams

November 30, 2000 - Steelhead Trout Plan Faces New Challenge

May 12, 2000 - Steelhead's Likely Return is Reason to Celebrate

April 24, 2000 - Down With Dams

January 25, 2000 - Steelhead Rescue

June 23, 1999 - Creek Alliance Joins Steelhead Suit

January 8, 1999 - Tests Show Rare Steelheads are Natives of Alameda Creek

March 12, 1998 - Local Steelhead Find Suggests Possible Comeback of Species

March 5, 1998 - Trout Help Rebirth of Spawning Grounds

October 22, 1997 - Alliance Seeks to Bring Back "Wild Fish" to Alameda Creek

San Francisco Chronicle

February 4, 2009 - Report Urges Preserving Bay Area Outdoors

October 30, 2008 - S.F. Panels OK $4.4 Billion Hetch Hetchy Upgrade

September 27, 2007 - Alameda Creek Plan Moves Forward to Revive Steelhead-Trout Runs

October 27, 2006 - 350 More Acres of Former Salt Ponds Restored to Tidal Marsh

September 22, 2006 - Alameda Creek: Two Dams Come Down So Steelhead Can Go Up

March 26, 2006 - Surprise Arrivals

December 8, 2005 - Steelhead Sagas: Some Creeks More Welcoming Than Others

June 13, 2005 - Hetch Hetchy Reservoir - To Drain or Not to Drain

May 4, 2005 - Foundation Offers Funding for Fish Habitat Projects

April 25, 2005 - Born to be Wild Trout: Local Fish Goes Global

February 28, 2002 - Letter to the Editor: Quarry vs. Creek

February 26, 2002 - Steelhead Restoration: Big Plan to Restore Steelhead

April 10, 2001 - SF Panel May Rescind Resolution on Mining

February 1, 2001 - Alameda Creek's Renaissance

June 30, 2000 - Letter to the Editor: Save the Coyotes

February 8, 2000 - Fish Run Urged For Alameda Creek

March 10, 1999 - Home on Range Still Open for Cattle

October 3, 1998 - Suit Says Cattle Destroying East Bay Habitat

May 8, 1998 - Back to the Water: Children Release Hatchlings Into Alameda Creek in Bid to Save Trout - photos

December 27, 1997 - Letter to the Editor: Alameda Creek Steelhead

December 26, 1997 - Trout's Reappearance Spawns Controversy

December 13, 1997 - Steelhead Ends Up in Alameda Creek - First Time in Fremont Since '50s

San Francisco Examiner

October 29, 2008 - Hetch Hetchy pipeline upgrade nears approval

September 22, 2006 - Dam Removal

November 29, 2005 - Hetch Hetchy upgrade approved by SFPUC

December 1 and 8, 2005 - Editorial: Welcome consensus on Hetch Hetchy and ACA response: Restore Alameda Creek

San Jose Mercury News

May 3, 2008 - After Five Decades, Steelhead Trout Babies Spotted in Niles Canyon Watershed

October 16, 2006 - Study to Help Alameda Creek Steelhead Trout

September 22, 2006 - Two Obsolete Dams Face Removal

September 11, 2006 - Program Targets Erosion of Arroyo Bank Near Sunol

April 12, 2006 - Trout to Benefit From Removal of Two More Alameda Creek Dams

December 28, 2005 - No Federal Protection for Landlocked Trout

June 2, 2005 - Environmental Groups Implore SF to Restore Alameda Creek

May 4, 2005 - Boosting efforts to bring salmon and steelhead trout back

May 11, 2001 - Annual Steelhead Festival Scheduled for Saturday

April 24, 2001 - S. F. Officials Seek End to Sunol Quarry Permit

April 12, 2001 - Foes of Planned Quarry Enlist New S. F. Supervisors

March 7, 2001- Fish Gets a Hand Up

May 14, 2000 - Event Seeks to Help Restore Trout Run

March 14, 2000 - PUC Protects Fish

March 7, 2000 - To Help Save Fish, Officials Consider Razing Some Dams

February 18, 2000 - Removing Dams to Save Fish

October 27, 1999 - Trout Study Funds OK'd

October 22, 1999 - Agency Moving to Help Save Fish

June 23, 1999 - Groups Sue to Protect State's Steelhead Trout

March 29, 1999 - Fish Ladder Study Gets OK

March 10, 1999 - District Grazing Plan Gets Judge's Approval

January 29, 1999 - Season's First Steelhead Trout Takes a Bow

October 3, 1998 - Suit Seeks Study of Cattle Grazing

May 8, 1998 - Fighting the Threat to Steelhead Trout

December 2, 1997 - Salmon Raises Hope for New Fish Ladders

November 4, 1997 - Overcoming Barriers

Tri-Valley Herald

February 25, 2007 - Water District Moves to Help Steelhead Trout

September 22, 2006 - Alameda Creek Dams Slated for Destruction

December 28, 2005 - Fish Protection Making Waves

November 20, 2004 - Sunol Quarry Survives Appellate Court Challenge

July 26, 2004 - Alameda Creek Dams to be Demolished

November 4, 2003 - Backers of Sunol Quarry Win Ruling

October 8, 2003 - Impact of Grazing in Sunol to be Studied

September 28, 2003 - District Unveils Plans for Preserves

August 10, 2003 - Park Officials Say Cows Are Here to Stay

May 9, 2003 - Steelhead Festival Casts Off Saturday

February 6, 2003 - Activists Endorse Arroyo Project

December 21, 2002 - 'Chain of Lakes' May Become Reality

November 15, 2002 - Inflatable Dam May Threaten Steelhead

October 30, 2002 - Fish Ladder Project May Cost Millions

October 11, 2002 - Judge Allows Quarry Lawsuit to Move Ahead

March 21, 2002 - Permit Dispute Puts Feds in Court

January 8, 2002 - Spawning Steelhead Lose a Helpful Hand

May 11, 2001 - Busting 2 Dams to Assist Fish Run

May 14, 2000 - First Trout Fest Celebrates Conservation Progress

May 2000 - Anticipation Grows of Steelhead's Return

March 15, 2000 - Steelhead Barriers May Come Down

March 3, 2000 - Alameda Creek Listed as Steelhead Habitat

March 2, 2000 - Creek Soon to be Safe for Steelhead

March 1, 2000 - Steelhead, Growth on Agenda

February 3, 2000 - Removing the Barriers

January 28, 2000 - S.F.'s East Bay Plans Ignore Fish, Critics Say

June 23, 1999 - Creek Alliance Joins Steelhead Lawsuit

February 24, 1999 - Offering Aid to Fish

January 23, 1999 - EDITORIAL: Trout Return to Alameda Creek

March 18, 1998 - Survival of the Steelhead

March 15, 1998 - Long-Gone Trout Return to Spawn

March 12, 1998 - Steelhead Spotted Heading Upcreek

December 14, 1997 - Wild Trout Found in Alameda Creek

Valley Times

October 10, 2003 - Make It Wilderness (Editorial)

May 9, 2003 - Steelhead Festival Planned Saturday

December 20, 2002 - Dam Plan Approved for Valley

May 9, 2002 - Fremont Festival to Fete Work on Alameda Creek

May 9, 2002 - Suit Demands Vote on Sunol Quarry Plan

March 19, 2002 - Suit Opposes Wendt Ranch Project

May 3, 2001 - Bringing Fish Back Into Sinbad Creek

April 7, 2001 - Company Accused of Polluting Waterway

September 10, 2000 - Environmental Group, Developer in Water Fight

July 29, 2000 - Plowing Called 'Eco-Terrorism'

July 29, 2000 - Biologist Says Salamander Pond Ruined

March 22, 2000 - EDITORIAL: A Plan Worth Approving

March 14, 2000 - Fish to Get Help From Removal of Dams

October 28, 1999 - Trout Restoration to Get Closer Look

April 4, 1999 - Trout May Get Stairway to Fish Heaven

March 13, 1998 - Amorous Steelhead Stymied by Obstacle

Other Bay Area Papers:

ACWD Aqueduct

Autumn 2007 - Fish Passage Improvement Projects Update

Autumn 2006 - Milestone Agreement Brings Steelhead One Step Closer to a Home in Alameda Creek/ACWD Partners in Streambank Restoration Project

Summer 2005 - ACWD Awarded $1,000,000 to Improve Steelhead Migration in Alameda Creek

Autumn 2000 - Steelhead Trout - Restoring a Fishery in Alameda Creek

Associated Press

September 22, 2006 - Bay Area News In Brief

Bay City News Service

December 23, 2005 - Alliance Objects to Listing Decision for Steelhead Trout

Bay Nature Magazine

Summer 2009 - Agreement Opens Way for Quarrying on Apperson Ridge; Deal with Conservationists Delays Mining till 2030

Fall 2006 - Ear to the Ground

Spring 2006 - Ear to the Ground - Steelhead Trout

Winter 2006 - Updated Stories - A Chronicle of Two Creeks

Winter 2005 - By the Water's Edge: A Chronicle of Two Creeks

Spring 2004 - Ear to the Ground - Apperson Quarry

California Flyfisher

August 2002 - Saving Alameda Creek

Castro Valley Forum

February 16, 2000 - Creek Alliance Rescues Struggling Steelhead Trout Population

Clean Water Newsletter

Spring 2000 - Wild Fish in Fremont

Creek Currents

Spring 2000 - News From the South Bay: Alameda Creek

East Bay Business Times

March 12, 2001 - Sunol Battles Over Temple, Quarry

Estuary Newsletter

December 2006 - For Fish and Folks

August 2006 - People: Man of Steel(head)

April 2006 - Fed Slam/Locals Open Doors to Steely Survivors

October 1999 - Return of the Native

April 1998 - A Tale of Two Creeks: Butte Creek and Alameda Creek

Faultline

June, 2002 - San Francisco PUC Lies About Endangered Species

The Fish Sniffer

January 20, 2008 - Leaping Steelhead Awards for 2007

August 2007 - Alameda Creek Alliance Celebrates Ten Years Of Fish Restoration

December 23, 2005 - Federal Steelhead Ruling Leaves Alameda Creek & Other Central Coast Trout Without Protection

March 21, 2003 - Attempted Fish Rescue Points Out Need For Dam Removal on Alameda Creek

March 8, 2002 - Alameda Creek Alliance Pushes Steelhead Restoration Plan Forward

December 17, 1999 - National Marine Fisheries Service Proposes New Rules to Protect West Coast Salmon, Steelhead

Fremont Bulletin

May 23, 2008 - Water District Dedicates Alameda Creek Fish Screens

July 20, 2006 - Friends of Coyote Hills Push No-Growth Measure

March 24, 2006 - More trout rescued

March 9, 2006 - Steelhead in Alameda Creek Get Helping Hand

March 9 cover photo

Headwaters

Fall 2001 - Success Stories - Dam Removal in California

Spring 2000 - Dam Removal Updates - Bay Area Dams Could be Removed, Too

Living Buddhism

April 1999 - Giving Back to Nature What She Gives to Us

The Log

April 26, 2002 - Fish Runs Being Restored to Alameda Creek

Milpitas Post

November 17, 2005 - S.F. Plans New Calaveras Reservoir Dam

Montclarion

March 17, 2000 - Fish Get Help From Dam Removal

Pleasanton Weekly

March 23, 2009 - Local environmentalists, organizations plan court suit to stop Staples Ranch development

November 5, 2007 - Hosterman gives Mayor's Award to Friends of Kottinger Creek

September 28, 2007 - Alameda Creek Alliance Celebrates Milestone

July 9, 2004 - Alameda Creek Watershed to Get Habitat Conservation Plan

November 29, 2002 - Welcome to Sunol

Rivers Reborn

1999

River Revival Bulletin

April 1999

Sierra Club - The Yodeler, Upstream

July 2000 - Creek Restoration - The Water's Half-Full and Rising

Winter 1998 - Alliance Forms for San Francisco Bay Steelhead

Tri-City Voice

June 4, 2008 - Alameda County Water District Dedicates Fish Screens on Alameda Creek

March 7, 2006 - Steelhead Get Helping Hand

May 10, 2005 - ACWD Awarded $1 Million to Improve Steelhead Migration in Alameda Creek

Out of Area Papers:

Long Beach Press-Telegram

May 11, 2005 - Fish Habitats

Los Angeles Times

September 6, 2004 - Hikers in East Bay Parks Have a Beef with Cows

Monterey Herald

October 23, 1999 - Fish Get Better Deal

Oroville Mercury-Register

September 21, 2006 - SF Water Agency Demolishes Two Dams on Alameda Creek

The Osprey

May 2006 - Alameda Creek Steelhead Recovery

San Francisco Bay Guardian

December 10, 2008 - Tap Dreams

San Luis Obispo Tribune

April 17, 1999 - Trout Protection Suit Targets U.S.

June 1999 - Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Steelhead

KQED Forum

March 16, 2006 - Forum - Urban Fisheries (audio broadcast)

Forum discusses salmon populations and the movement of wild fish stocks through California's urban creeks and streams.

OTHER

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