HR: 1340h
AN: ED23B-1276    [Abstracts]
TI: Tennessee Hollow Watershed in the Presidio: Science Education Partnership
AU: * Berry, W B
AF: Department of Earth & Planetary Science, 307 McCone University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767,
AU: Kern, D
EM: dkern@kernsite.com
AF: Urban Watershed Project, Building 204 Presidioof San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94129,
AB: Planning for restoration of the Tennessee Hollow watershed in the Presidio of San Francisco, an urban national park, has been used in teaching and research in environmental science courses at University of California Berkeley for several years. Scientists and staff with the Urban Watershed Project, The National Park Service, and the Presidio Trust have collaborated with UC Berkeley faculty and students in discussing the watershed restoration and the first steps in implementation of it. Scientists come to the Berkeley campus to talk to classes about the geology, hydrology, and features of the vegetation of the watershed as well as the many aspects of "daylighting" a creek buried in a culvert many tens of feet under soil and other forms of landfill. The many social and political issues involved in implementing restoration are also presented and discussed. Students are conducted through the watershed by Urban Watershed staff not only to view the several features of the watershed but also to obtain data for individual studies. Students have made water quality analyses of the creek waters. Students have worked collaboratively with Urban Watershed staff in developing studies of the watershed that will be of use in future education programs and also in developing features that may interest visitors to the national park.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting