Alameda County

The Temescal Creek area is located in the hills of the City of Oakland, along the ridge above the Caldecott Tunnel. It is adjacent to the Caldecott Corridor, a critical linkage between open spaces to the north and south of Highway 24. Preservation of this area will prevent development from encroaching on the use of the corridor by large mammals, such as mountain lions, coyotes, and gray fox that avoid human disturbance. In addition, both the north and south branches of the tributary within the site provide riparian habitat with dense vegetation dominated by native species adjacent to non-native forest, and contiguous with a large natural area extending north across the Caldecott Tunnel. Protection of the site would protect downstream areas against sedimentation caused by upstream erosion of hillslopes and unvegetated trails. Finally, the area offers the opportunity for increasing trail linkages that would connect pedestrians and mountain bikers from the North Oakland Sports Field to Sibley Park and Grizzly Peak Open Space, with the potential for additional links to Lake Temescal and the Rockridge BART Station.

For more information about this area, please contact:

Markley Bavinger
City of Oakland
Watershed Program Specialist
mbavinger@oaklandnet.com
510.238.6266
www.oaklandnet.com