South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition

08/24/2026

Chinook Salmon face many challenges to their survival, new research points to the first 15 days of a salmon's life being the most critical predictor of success for juvenile Chinook Salmon.

Chinook need cold water in first weeks for their eggs to survive.

08/21/2026

Awesome story about bringing back a once great resource that was thought to be lost over time.
https://fb.watch/J8xCBDnH0D/

08/20/2026

Great job volunteers on helping us cleanup the Guadalupe River waterway and trail yesterday. We were joined by 11 volunteers for our Midweek cleanup on the waterway and trail by Autumn Parkway. It's been a handful of months since we have cleaned up this area, and it looks like there is still plenty to do. The site was composed of both sides of the river with a large concentration of trash under the railroad bridge. The site also had trash on the edges of the river that had become embedded in the banks. Volunteers removed different types of paper, plastic, and packaging of all sorts and an assortment of bottles. There were larger items like shopping carts, a lime scooter, large blankets and fabric and a small plastic swimming pool. The area also sported some decoration made out of trash most notably the mannequin head and the wind chime made out of a slotted spoon and a twisted tea can. Thank you volunteers for helping us remove 3,545 lbs of trash from the Guadalupe River waterway and trail. Join us to Reclaim, Restore and Revitalize our waterways next week. We will be downstream from this location by the Coleman Avenue bridge on the Guadalupe River.

08/14/2026

Thank you San Jose Flycasters for the support, we hope to see you all during the Fall Chinook Salmon run this year.

08/13/2026

Awesome work yesterday volunteers. Our midweek cleanup on the Guadalupe river trail by Skyport Dr was a success. The site was right off the trail by the river and it seems all of the trash and debris in the area used to be a layer of trash floating down the river before it settled on the edge of the Guadalupe. With the exception of 2 mattresses, and a stroller the majority of items we removed were items that float. We removed over 500 plastic bottles and containers from this site, along with lots of plastic bags and packaging. We also removed shoes, fabric, a good amount of sports balls, batteries, and pieces of furniture. Thank you volunteers for all of your hard work, and a big thank you to the students that stopped by from Bellarmine for helping us remove a big mattress out of the waterway. In total we removed 3,565 lbs from the Guadalupe River waterway and trail.

If you are interested in taking action to make our waterways a healthier place for our local wildlife like chinook Salmon, join one of our events. We focus on areas where Chinook Salmon tend to spawn in the fall. Your efforts will help us Reclaim, Restore and Revitalize our local waterways.

08/10/2026

Our friend Merav Vonshak (BioBlitz.club) was featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Bay Nature magazine. The article highlights the changing nature of iNaturalist.org with a feature of some of the users and founders of the app. Merav has partnered with us in the past to host BioBlitz.club in different parts of Los Gatos Creek and the Guadalupe River. During our events together we would use iNaturalist.org to identify a bunch of different critters living along our rivers and creeks.

08/07/2026

Over the past couple months we have made significant progress on our Invasive Plant Removal Project. The project aims to replace invasive plants like Giant Reed with natives like Willow Trees. The project has been made possible with the help of Ecological Concerns Incorporated and Valley Water and the aim of the project is to reduce erosion, improve creek health and restore riparian habitat. Along with our partners on the project we have completed the bulk of the work in this area with participants in the Sheriff's Work Program. The removal phase of the project is almost complete with the planting of native plants starting at the beginning of September.

08/07/2026

Thank you volunteers for your help yesterday for our Midweek Cleanup Event. On Wednesday we were joined by 16 volunteers to clean the Los Gatos Creek waterway. We started the event on Home Street focusing on the trail nearby then moving along the edge to the area under Auzerias Ave. Volunteers removed paper and plastic packaging like bottles, bags, and boxes, a wooden wheel, lots of wet carpet and fabric, a strip of fake grass, a bike frame, and different pieces of metal. Great job volunteers, we removed 3,650 Lbs from the Los Gatos Creek trail and waterway.

08/05/2026

Join us for one of our upcoming events for August and September to Reclaim Restore and Revitalize the local waterways in San Jose.