Strawberry Creek Decal- Restoring The North Fork
Zoe Rudow
Before enrolling in the Strawberry Creek Decal, I was under the general impression that if it was green, it was good. I didn’t (ok, actually I couldn’t) distinguish between the deep green of the ever-expansive ivy and the green leaves of the Buckeye. But in this semester I was able to get out of the classroom and into the creek to learn about a piece of campus that I see and hear almost every day. The decal taught me about the history of the creek, the biodiversity that exists within and around it, and ways that Berkeley has used environmental planning to reverse some of the destruction that urbanization has done to the wildlife and vitality of the creek. As part of our class requirements, we had to do six hours of creek restoration. I am lucky enough to live on the north fork of Strawberry Creek, so my restoration hours were done in the backyard of my coop, Kingman Hall.
Our coop, led by our “Creek Keeper” Sara Rosa Tannenbaum, organized a neighborhood creek clean up, so that the community living around the North Fork of Strawberry Creek could get together and work to restore the creek. We worked removing ivy from the banks of the creek, making sure to get it down to the roots. It was an opportunity to meet our neighbors, take a break from the studying, and get a little dirty and sweaty down by the creek. Throughout the semester, Sara Rose held other restoration events where we had to tackle the brambly blackberry bushes and free a buckeye from strangling ivy. Although the restoration requirements for the decal are minimal, it allowed me a much-needed escape during hectic the semester. But unlike other romps in the outdoors, after the decal I knew the difference between the eucalyptus and the oak, the sticky monkey and the ivy. The creek, and the plants and biodiversity around it has become familiar. Strawberry Creek Decal- Restoring The North Fork
Zoe Rudow
Before enrolling in the Strawberry Creek Decal, I was under the general impression that if it was green, it was good. I didn’t (ok, actually I couldn’t) distinguish between the deep green of the ever-expansive ivy and the green leaves of the Buckeye. But in this semester I was able to get out of the classroom and into the creek to learn about a piece of campus that I see and hear almost every day. The decal taught me about the history of the creek, the biodiversity that exists within and around it, and ways that Berkeley has used environmental planning to reverse some of the destruction that urbanization has done to the wildlife and vitality of the creek. As part of our class requirements, we had to do six hours of creek restoration. I am lucky enough to live on the north fork of Strawberry Creek, so my restoration hours were done in the backyard of my coop, Kingman Hall.
Our coop, led by our “Creek Keeper” Sara Rosa Tannenbaum, organized a neighborhood creek clean up, so that the community living around the North Fork of Strawberry Creek could get together and work to restore the creek. We worked removing ivy from the banks of the creek, making sure to get it down to the roots. It was an opportunity to meet our neighbors, take a break from the studying, and get a little dirty and sweaty down by the creek. Throughout the semester, Sara Rose held other restoration events where we had to tackle the brambly blackberry bushes and free a buckeye from strangling ivy. Although the restoration requirements for the decal are minimal, it allowed me a much-needed escape during hectic the semester. But unlike other romps in the outdoors, after the decal I knew the difference between the eucalyptus and the oak, the sticky monkey and the ivy. The creek, and the plants and biodiversity around it has become familiar. Strawberry Creek Decal- Restoring The North Fork
Zoe Rudow
Before enrolling in the Strawberry Creek Decal, I was under the general impression that if it was green, it was good. I didn’t (ok, actually I couldn’t) distinguish between the deep green of the ever-expansive ivy and the green leaves of the Buckeye. But in this semester I was able to get out of the classroom and into the creek to learn about a piece of campus that I see and hear almost every day. The decal taught me about the history of the creek, the biodiversity that exists within and around it, and ways that Berkeley has used environmental planning to reverse some of the destruction that urbanization has done to the wildlife and vitality of the creek. As part of our class requirements, we had to do six hours of creek restoration. I am lucky enough to live on the north fork of Strawberry Creek, so my restoration hours were done in the backyard of my coop, Kingman Hall.
Our coop, led by our “Creek Keeper” Sara Rosa Tannenbaum, organized a neighborhood creek clean up, so that the community living around the North Fork of Strawberry Creek could get together and work to restore the creek. We worked removing ivy from the banks of the creek, making sure to get it down to the roots. It was an opportunity to meet our neighbors, take a break from the studying, and get a little dirty and sweaty down by the creek. Throughout the semester, Sara Rose held other restoration events where we had to tackle the brambly blackberry bushes and free a buckeye from strangling ivy. Although the restoration requirements for the decal are minimal, it allowed me a much-needed escape during hectic the semester. But unlike other romps in the outdoors, after the decal I knew the difference between the eucalyptus and the oak, the sticky monkey and the ivy. The creek, and the plants and biodiversity around it has become familiar.
Before enrolling in the Strawberry Creek Decal, I was under the general impression that if it was green, it was good. I didn’t (ok, actually I couldn’t) distinguish between the deep green of the ever-expansive ivy and the green leaves of the Buckeye. But in this semester I was able to get out of the classroom and into the creek to learn about a piece of campus that I see and hear almost every day. The decal taught me about the history of the creek, the biodiversity that exists within and around it, and ways that Berkeley has used environmental planning to reverse some of the destruction that urbanization has done to the wildlife and vitality of the creek. As part of our class requirements, we had to do six hours of creek restoration. I am lucky enough to live on the north fork of Strawberry Creek, so my restoration hours were done in the backyard of my coop, Kingman Hall.
Our coop, led by our “Creek Keeper” Sara Rosa Tannenbaum, organized a neighborhood creek clean up, so that the community living around the North Fork of Strawberry Creek could get together and work to restore the creek. We worked removing ivy from the banks of the creek, making sure to get it down to the roots. It was an opportunity to meet our neighbors, take a break from the studying, and get a little dirty and sweaty down by the creek. Throughout the semester, Sara Rose held other restoration events where we had to tackle the brambly blackberry bushes and free a buckeye from strangling ivy. Although the restoration requirements for the decal are minimal, it allowed me a much-needed escape during hectic the semester. But unlike other romps in the outdoors, after the decal I knew the difference between the eucalyptus and the oak, the sticky monkey and the ivy. The creek, and the plants and biodiversity around it has become familiar.
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