The Strawberry Creek Monitoring Group was founded in 2024, as an off-branch of the Strawberry Creek Restoration Project, which began in 1987.
We work to understand the ecology of Strawberry Creek through the use of Open-Source hardware and software!
During 2024-2025, we will be funded by The Green Initiative Fund - the team is currently applying for grant funding for 2025-2026!
In 2013, the Stanley hall Diesel Spill,wiped out Straberry Creeks Native Fish Poplations and produced a 7 figure clean up cost.. Much of this damage could have been prevented if the spill had been detected earlier.
Currently we built UCB's only real-time detection system in place at Strawberry Creek, and with the help of UCB EH&S and CalCreeks we deliver our systems at a fraction of the cost of existing commercial solutions.
We are aiming to develop some functional oil contaminations models using DO and floating conductivity sensors. We build using low cost hardware and so our work can be inclusively adopted by communities with similar needs.
As part of our efforts to improve the accessibility of spill data, we develop alerts and notifications for our community.
This system allows both facility users and community members to easily access real-time spill data.
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We help integrate creek sensors and data into CEE coursework to foster interdisciplinary learning
We host demonstration days on and off campus to showcase sensor deployment and alarm setup, tracking participant feedback.