Friends of Los Gatos Creek is a Non-Profit, Volunteer based Group focused on the preservation of Los Gatos Creek through cleanups & habitat restoration.
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition originated as a community based effort called Friends of Los Gatos Creek. To date, this group has conducted 53 creek cleanups removing 70 1/2 tons of trash from Los Gatos Creek.
Our local watershed has seen the impact of nearly 20 years of neglect as the City of San Jose Agencies chartered with protecting our rivers and creeks were shuttered or drastically curtailed due to budgetary constraints.
Our group’s vision is to apply a similar reclamation effort to additional rivers and streams. So in August 2014, Friends of Guadalupe River was launched with a long range goal of extending our efforts over to Coyote Creek. Since August we have had 7 cleanups and have taken 11 tons of trash out of this river. A simple idea was hatched - TEAM 222; we would be active every 2nd month, on the 2nd Saturday for two hours. TEAM 222 events are transforming our local creek. It's amazing the impact something as limited as two hours of volunteer work makes!
