Stevens & Permanente Creeks Watershed Council
Stevens & Permanente Creeks Watershed Council 2353 Venndale Ave. San Jose, CA 95124 Tel: (408) 356-8258 Fax: (769) 281-9629	Watershed Riparian Buffer Restoration Site Nomination Online Form What to look for in a site: The best potential sites are those that are significantly degraded and can potentially be modified to restore lost or degraded buffer characteristics. Examples include sites where Riparian vegetation has been removed and replaced by non-native plants, fill, trash, or abandoned impervious surfaces. Other potential sites include buffers with poorly functioning stormwater system (e.g. concentrated runoff carried sediment and pollutants directly to the creek through paved swales, eroded gullies, or pipes, limiting infiltration into the soils of naturally vegetated cover types), soil erosion, or unstable stream banks. The best potential sites are those where the land is either publicly owned or the private owner wishes to donate the site, sell it reasonably, or restore it and place it into a permament conservation easement. All sites should be either immediately adjacent to the Stevens or Permanente Creeks (including the waterbodies formed by dams along its length), or one of its tributaries. 1. Your name and contact information: Name: Address Phone: E-mail:  2. Describe the location, including information on access: 3. Indicate the owner(s) of the site and adjacent lands, if known. If privately owned, please note whether the buffer evaluators have permission to enter the site to rate its potential for restoration. Also note any lots that would be necessary to travel through to gain access to the site, if applicable: 4. Describe existing conditions including vegetation cover types (e.g., not vegetated, forested, field, wetland, etc.), land uses, soil conditions, erosion, stormwater drainage, dumping, public use, abandoned or historical uses, the condition of the adjacent river, stream, or waterbody (if applicable), and known wildlife usage: 5. In what way(s) is the site degraded? 6. Please describe any other information that might be helpful:   Back to top