Sara Larsen
Administrative Assistant, Berkeley
Department: Conservation
Area of Focus: Coordinate communication, outreach, and contracts for our Central Valley and Delta program.
Background: Sara joined American Rivers in 2012. Sara has been an Administrative Assistant in various capacities for the past nine years, most recently at UCSF.
Education: MFA - Writing and Poetics, Naropa University
BA - English and Spanish, Rutgers University
Favorite River: Klamath River
Blog Posts By This Author
River Restoration In Oakley, CA Engages Community
February 13, 2013 | Floods & Floodplains, Urban Rivers
Like too many creeks across the country, Marsh Creek was “improved” by the Soil Conservation Service in the early 1960’s. Until recently, the lower six miles was a treeless, trapezoidal flood control channel fenced off from surrounding properties. American Rivers’ partners, the Natural Heritage Institute and Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed, worked with the City of Oakley and the local flood control district to restore a section of channel and reconnect the creek to the community.
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