RaleighCREEKS is a non-profit collaborating to address longer segments of stormwater creeks throughout our Raleigh neighborhoods, working to identify keystone community spaces to dedicate toward ongoing habitat & streambank restoration work.
By establishing neighborhood hubs, steeped in education about our stormwater creek ecosystems, we help diversify how we learn to become stewards of our connected backyard wildlife habitats, inspire rising generations of creek enthusiasts, and collectively cultivate neighborhood environmental resiliency.
Utilizing public art to bring passive exploration from public right-of-way spaces inspires residents let their curiosity lead them to new discoveries within their own neighborhood.
By providing a perpetual invitation to wander and discover, we nourish our communities with small offerings of encouragement to go outside and observe the fascinating, interwoven relationships of urban backyards and stormwater creek wildlife habitats.
- Create spaces for people to observe wildlife
- Cultivate curiosity & wonder about our stormwater creek ecosystems
- Reconnect residents to our flourishing backyard habitats
- Increase pedestrian presence to help traffic-calm a car-centric corridor
- Provide passive guidance to explore from public right-of-way spaces
STORMWATER AWARENESS
Educating communities about dynamic behaviors of stormwater creeks in urban areas
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY
Providing context to the necessities of riparian buffer health, tree canopies, and root system integrity along stormwater creeks
WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION
Inspiring collective stewardship to cultivate diverse habitat for wildlife which thrive alongside these natural waterways
MENTAL & PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
Finding reasons to step outside to find small joys
CONN ELEMENTARY
Hundreds of little reasons to cultivate curiosity
CEMETERY BRANCH
Our neighborhood creek to understand, observe, and restore
Now seeking bagged leaves & woody debris to utilize for riparian buffer restoration.
Please reach out to coordinate a neighborhood drop-off!
Community Yard Day | December 9th, 2025 | Time: TBD
Come visit Brookside for a casual introduction on how RaleighCREEKS utilizes autumnal yard debris and Christmas tree trimmings to create small-scale erosion control berms, boughs, and bumpers.