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Strawberry Creek is an urbanized creek that is in the process of being restored. However, the final step of re-populating the creek with fish has not been as successful as planned. One proposed theory for the failure of these attempts has been the lack of high flow refuges. To address this possibility flow patterns were observed and diagrammed during times of high flows at various sites along the creek on the U.C. Berkeley campus. High flows are flows caused by rain storms resulting in higher than normal flows. Habitat assessment was also a concern, thus, creek characteristics of depth,...

Strawberry Creek is the major focus of open space on the University of California, Berkeley (Alameda County, California, USA) campus; it provides visual amenity and variety, riparian and wildlife habitat, and educational and recreational opportunities.

Since the beginning of this century, urbanization of the catchment, channel alteration and water quality degradation combined to cause deterioration of the creek’s habitat and overall environmental quality; this was manifested by a marked absence of flora and fauna, obvious water pollution and severe erosion.

In 1987 a...