Friends of Garrity Creek
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The Friends of Garrity Creek (FGC) is a political organization in Contra Costa County, California which promote the preservation of Garrity Creek
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The FGC fund-raise money and work to create awareness of the watershed and its importance to the area. The creek passes through Hilltop Green
, Interstate 80 via pipes, a canyon alongside Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center, below pipes to a gorge the where it is dammed to create Hilltop Lake
, where it is surrounded by Hilltop Lake Park
, the lake is in actuality a small pond. The creek then continues through undeveloped land to its mouth with the shoreline of San Pablo Bay
. The friends often organize volunteer events to clean up trash and to remove dangerous invasive species.
Garrity Creek
Garrity Creek is a creek in Richmond, California's Hilltop neighborhood. It runs into San Pablo Bay. It is sometimes called Hilltop Creek.The creek is supported by two natural springs from two short sources which join into Garrity Creek...
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Overview
The Friends was formed in 2001 when development on steep slopes near the creek's artesian spring source threatened its existence and quality. The friends were eventually successful in preventing the later determined illegal development which was in violation of grade limits for steepness. The FGC are now working the develop the area as "Garrity Springs Regional Park" inside the East Bay Regional Parks District.The FGC fund-raise money and work to create awareness of the watershed and its importance to the area. The creek passes through Hilltop Green
Hilltop Green, Richmond, California
Hilltop Green or "The Green"is a neighborhood in Richmond, California bordering the city of Pinole, the census-designated place of El Sobrante, the neighborhood of Hilltop, and Hilltop Mall....
, Interstate 80 via pipes, a canyon alongside Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center, below pipes to a gorge the where it is dammed to create Hilltop Lake
Hilltop Lake
-Overview:The lake is fed by Garrity Creek, a small river originating from many springs in the hills east of the Hilltop Green neighborhood in the Hilltop neighborhood. The pond is located within Hilltop Lake Park and is very close to Hilltop Mall. The lake is in the middle of the flow of the creek...
, where it is surrounded by Hilltop Lake Park
Hilltop Lake Park
Hilltop Lake Park is a city of Richmond, California park in the San Francisco Bay Area situated at Richmond Parkway and Lakeside Drive in the Hilltop neighborhood. The park encompasses Hilltop Lake and several tributaries of Garrity Creek, a grasslands covered canyon...
, the lake is in actuality a small pond. The creek then continues through undeveloped land to its mouth with the shoreline of San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water channel approximately in mid bay, which allows access to Sacramento, Stockton, Benicia, Martinez, and...
. The friends often organize volunteer events to clean up trash and to remove dangerous invasive species.