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Major efforts to improve the water quality of Strawberry Creek on the campus of the University of California Berkeley were put into effect beginning in the mid-1980s under the Strawberry Creek Management Plan. Those involved in the project believed that a clean and restored Strawberry Creejm reflecting its own pristine state as much as is currently feasible, would improve the quality of life un the campus community. Therefore they also decided to reintroduce fish native to the East Bay into the Creek. In May of 1989, 100 three-spined sticklebacks were reintroduced into Strawberry Creek as...

Campus news story on the formal designation of the natural areas on campus.

Campus planners at the University of California at Berkeley are presently designing development strategies through the year 2005. These plans identify many habitats to be altered, including several tree stands. Although the planners intend to preserve the campus environment, development and habitat changes have undoubtedly already led to a vast reduction in campus wildlife species. However, since no study has ever been done to assess wildlife populations on campus it is difficult to predict precisely how further development will affect Campus wildlife. Consequently, a study to determine...

A report of the task force on the Management of Ecological Areas on the Berkeley Campus