Neighbors Unite to Protect the Creek

The Friends of Cordilleras Creek hope to share watershed awareness. Efforts by science students at Redwood High School keep the creek clean as it passes through the school property. ‘Creek Cleanups’ in September clear hundreds of pounds of trash from the lower creek. Because much of Cordilleras Creek lies on private property and is the border between jurisdictions, its well-being lies in the hands of the individuals living in the watershed.

Produced by the Friends of Cordilleras Creek
Edited and revised January 2005 by Barbara Patterson

Acknowledgements
Shannah Anderson, The Watershed Project
Steve Cochrane, Friends of San Francisco Estuary
The San Carlos Villagers
San Carlos Historical Museum
San Mateo County Historical Museum Archives
Doug Vu, Mid-Peninsula Open Space District
Erdmann Rogge,San Mateo County Environmental Health
Sandy Sanderson,San Mateo County Planning Building
2004, Edited by Anne Hayes, Apple Szostak & Claire Beyer
Illustrations by Stephen Jones, Valerie Kells &

Bibliography
From Frontier to Suburb: The Story of the San Mateo Peninsula, Alan Hynding, 1982
Through the Years in San Carlos, E. Mahany, 1967
South from San Francisco: The Life Story of San Mateo County, Frank M. Stanger, 1963
Historic Spots in California, 5th Edition, D. E. Kyle, 2002
Flowering Plants of Edgewood Natural Preserve, 2nd Edition, Toni Corelli, 2004, illustrated by Linda Bea Miller & Judy Mason

Websites & Resources
www.CordillerasCreek.org Stories, Photos
www.FriendsOfEdgewood.org                    Photos, trails
www.OpenSpace.org/preserves Pulgas Ridge Preserve trails
www.EmeraldHills.org Photos, history
www.TheWatershedProject.org Photos, classes
www.MuseumCa.org/creeks San Mateo County creeks
www.CityOfSanCarlos.org/is/display Museum of History, Villagers
www.SanCarlosChamber.org/community_history Photos, stories
www.OpenSpaceTrust.org/lands Great slide show, P.O.S.T
www.desfBay.fws.gov Fish and Wildlife Service
www.metroactive.com/papers/10.17.96 Bair Island photos, stories
www.sfbws.org S F Bay Wildlife Society
www.cnps-scv.org local Calif. Native Plant Soc.
www.scvas.orgl local Audubon Society