The collection consists of studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley), etc., on Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, California. Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history.

Reports, newspaper clippings, articles, etc., documenting the ongoing restoration efforts of the Waterways Restoration Institute on Wildcat Creek in Contra Costa County, California.