Reports

Reports

Since Friends was founded, we have been making, collecting or having made a wealth of information on the creek, the watershed, its fish and wildlife, biology, and history. This bibliography of all the Technical Reports or Research Papers that Friends funded (through your generous donations), successfully won grants to fund, or created with our in-house expertise.  

Geomorphology and Watershed Assessments  

California Regional Water Quality Control Board c. 1993. 

Corte Madera Watershed Resource Evaluation and Information Report. 

Stetson Engineers. 2000. 

Geomorphic Assessment of the Corte Madera Creek Watershed, Marin County, California.

Hydrology, Flood Control and Hydraulic Modeling  

Fluvial Geomorphology Consulting and Stetson Engineers. 2006. 

Corte Madera Creek Flood Control Project Unit 4 Design Alternatives. by Fluvial Geomorphology Consulting (Matt Smeltzer) and Stetson Engineers (Joe DeMaggio).  

Epke, Gerhard. 2010. 

Pilot Project Ross Valley Watershed GIS Database. 

Geomorph Design Group. 2020 

Lower College of Marin Corte Madera Creek Restoration Project 

Water Quality  

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 2011. 

Iron and Manganese Levels in Ross Creek, Summer 2011 

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 2019. 

2019 Water Quality Report July 30, 2020 

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 2021a. 

2020 Water Quality Report 

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 2021b. 

2021 Bacterial Test Results 

Ecological Restoration and Vegetation Studies  

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 1996. 

A survey of vegetation and creek conditions along the lengths of all the creeks within San Anselmo, by Charles Kennard and John Walters. 

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. 2005. 

Planting at College of Marin Ecology Study Area 

Fluvial Geomorphology Consulting. 2007b. 

Prospects for Improving Riparian Canopy and Physical Habitat for Fish on Ross Creek: Geomorphic Reconnaissance Report. Prepared for Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed by Matt Smeltzer. March 7 2, 2007. 

Olofson Environmental Inc. 2019 – 2024. 

These are the annual revegetation monitoring reports required by the permitting agencies. 

Fish and Wildlife  

A. A. Rich and Associates. 2000. 

Fishery Resources Conditions of the Corte Madera Creek Watershed, Marin County, California 

Lenarz, William H. 2005. 

Survey of egrets and herons using College of Marin Ecology Study Area and adjacent slough 

Ross Taylor and Associates. 2006. 

Corte Madera Creek Stream Crossing Inventory and Fish Passage Evaluation. 54 pp and appendices. 

Michael Love & Associates. 2006a. 

Preliminary Fish Ladder Design for Unit3/Unit 4 Transition in Corte Madera Creek, Ross, California 

Michael Love & Associates. 2006b. 

Fish Ladder Alternatives for Pastori Avenue at San Anselmo Creek, Fairfax, California 

Michael Love & Associates. 2006c. 

Fish Ladder Alternatives for Saunders Avenue at San Anselmo Creek, San Anselmo, California. Prepared for Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. June 1, 2006. 

Michael Love & Associates and Jeff Anderson and Associates. 2007. 

Corte Madera Creek Flood Control Channel Fish Passage Assessment and Alternatives Analysis. September 2007. 

Michael Love & Associates and Stetson Engineers. 2009. 

Saunders Roughened Channel and Sewer Conceptual Design. 

Stetson Engineers. 2010. 

Saunders Bridge Conceptual Design.