County Fair Watershed Demo July 1 2015
Kids young and old learn from our Watershed Model Gallinas Watershed Council will be at the Marin County Fair again! Every year GWC demonstrates our WATERSHED MODEL at the Marin County Fair . Visit our booth at the Gardens Tent on Wednesday July 1. 2015. Kids 12 and...
Terra Linda High School MarinSEL Students collaboration with GWC
MarinSEL (Marin School of Environmental Leadership) students from Terra Linda High School collaborated with GWC in their 2014 LEAD (Leadership and Environmental Action Project) The MarinSEL students held 3 Creek Cleanups and created a proposal and presentation to San...
Santa Venetia Docks
The Gallinas Watershed Council has prepared a 2015 report detailing current issues with Santa Venetia docks. The article is now published on the Marin County Watershed Website. It includes the permit requirements for rehabilitation docks on Gallinas Creek....
Hey Kids, Lets Make a Model of a Watershed
It All Runs Downhill - Make a model of a watershed, Nowadays water pollution comes mostly from stormwater. Rain and snow are usually clean when falling from the sky. Once water flows over and through the ground it picks up chemicals, oil, animal wastes, and...
Gallinas Creek Tour donated to 2015 Blue Jean Ball Auction
Gallinas Watershed Council donated a canoe tour on the Galinas Creek (valued at $200) to the annual Blue Jean Ball fundraiser put on by Integrated Community Services (ICS) at the Jewish Community Center (JCC). The winner of the creek tour at the Blue Jean Ball auction...
What is a WATERSHED APPROACH and how can we implement it locally?
The GWC was founded to support a WATERSHED APPROACH in Las Gallinas Valley in North San Rafael. A watershed approach means we need to address ALL watershed issues as if they are linked together. Flood control is only one of these issues. A watershed approach addresses...
Russ Greenfield new advisory board member for FLOOD CONTROL ZONE #7
Russ Greenfield is a founding board member and former president of the Gallinas Watershed Council (GWC). He was asked by outgoing Supervisor Susan Adams to serve as an advisory board member for FLOOD CONTROL ZONE #7 (FZ #7). Russ will replace Tim Ribble who is leaving...
1st Gallinas Creek King Tide Tour 1/20/15
Join us Tuesday January 20 for our first Gallinas Creek King Tide Tour! King Tides in January 2015 are from January 18-21. These are the highest tides of the year - some are almost 7 feet! Date: Tuesday Jan 20, 2015 Time: 11:30 AM - 2 PM 11:30 Meet and check in...
2014 Holiday Party
Our GWC Holiday Party is on Saturday Dec. 13, 2014 GWC will not have a meeting in Dec--we will have a party to celebrate all that has happened this year and all the work everyone has done in support of a restored, healthy Gallinas Creek and community. We were going to...
Teachers and Students: Learn with a 3D Watershed Model
Attention Teachers and Educators! Help students learn about watersheds using our 3D Watershed Model. Fun and interactive Can be used in a classroom or outdoors Demonstrate common sources of pollution Learn how to reduce human impacts The Gallinas Watershed Council is...
GWC Wins Award: 2014 Ted Wellman Water Award
The Gallinas Watershed Council was the recipient of the Marin Conservation League's 2014 Ted Wellman Water Award. This was given to GWC at the MCL Annual Dinner on April 11, 2014. The MCL Dinner was quite the event - attended by a veritable "who's who" in the Marin...
What to Green Using Graywater – SVNA Neighborhood Connections lecture
About 10 Santa Venetia neighbors met at Le Chalet Basque Wed., Sept. 24, to learn how to stay green with graywater. Organized by neighbors Kathleen Nemetz, Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, and Realtor® Yvonne Young, the meeting was the second Neighborhood...
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