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Students say construction destroying pond: OAKLEY: Debris from new neighborhoods in surrounding area flows into basin, killing ecosystem.

Byline: Paula King

Jul. 30--A few months ago, the pond at Freedom High School was teeming with life as a thriving habitat for egrets, turtles, fish, worms and burrowing owls.

Today, portions of the pond no longer support life and the overall wetland environment has deteriorated. The school's environmental science students and teachers believe they know why. Their research findings, included in an urban runoff study funded by the city, conclude that the rapid growth in Oakley and Brentwood has led to the decline of the pond and the overall Marsh Creek watershed in far East County.

"If you look at the creek, it looks like chocolate milk," Freedom science teacher Tom ...

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