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About Us

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What is the Creek
Connections Action Group?

The Creek Connections Action Group is a consortium of public agencies that share the goal of protecting Santa Clara County’s waterways. These agencies include Valley Water, Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, the cities of Cupertino, Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San José, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and West Valley Clean Water Program Authority (representing the cities of Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos.

The Creek Connections Action Group was formed in San José, California in the fall of 1995 by several local agency coordinators whose goal was to collaborate their creek cleanup efforts in Santa Clara County. Since the group’s inception, tens of thousands of volunteers have participated in hundreds of cleanups, removing tens of thousands of pounds of trash each year from creeks, rivers, and lakes in Santa Clara County. In the past 16 years alone, 39,926 volunteers removed 1,344,506 pounds of trash along waterways across Santa Clara County.

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Coastal Cleanup Day 2016

More than 1,880 volunteers help out cleaning the creeks. Picked up 55,010 pound of trash. A total of 60.75 miles of creeks and streams were cleaned.

Volunteer for a Creek Cleanup

Kate Slama formerly with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and Creek Connections Action Group shares the importance and impact of community involvement in keeping our creeks clean and healthy. Participate in local cleanup events to earn community service credits, meet new people, and protect our environment for the health of our residents and wildlife.

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