Jun 6, 2015 | Civic Center, Educational, Event, Fundraiser, Marin County Fair, News, Watershed Management Plan
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...
Jun 3, 2015 | Educational, Open Space, Voices of the Watershed, Wetlands
Voices of the Watershed Series Lynn Payton: Life on the Santa Venetia Levee In the 1990s when Lynn Payton and her husband were looking to downsize from a large home in San Anselmo, their daughter suggested looking at a house on Adrian Way. The minute Lynn stepped...
May 6, 2015 | Educational, News, Trash, Watershed Management Plan
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...
Mar 12, 2015 | Educational, News
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,...
Feb 22, 2015 | Educational, Flooding, Issues, News, terra linda ditch, Watershed Management Plan
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...
Jan 16, 2015 | Educational, Flooding, King Tide, News
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...