Several restoration projects have occurred on both Codornices Creek and Village Creek. The following is a rough description and approximate timeline of these projects. For more detailed information, go to Featured Publications and/or the Searchable Database to find archived reports.
Codornices Creek:
1994: Installation of a 430-foot-long stream daylighting project between 8th and 9th Streets
Codornices Creek is a year-round creek that flows east-west through the southern edge of University Village, Albany. It drains a 1.1 square mile watershed that historically entered a tidal marsh just west of the current railroad tracks. Codornices Creek is one of the most "open" creeks in the East Bay, with only 20 percent of its channel culverted. This makes it a prime candidate for restoration activities.
Fun Fact: Codornices is the Spanish word for quails and is properly pronounced “coh-door-nee-sus”, though many...