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Sign up Online Today! 1 San Francisco Bay Alviso Milpitas CREEK ty 2 STEVENS si r CR e iv Palo olunteers are encouraged to SAN FRANCISQUITOn E N U T Alto 3 N A E Piedmo l N Mountain View m A a M G R U E wear long pants, sturdy shoes, A C P 7 D O s MATADERO CREEK A Y ra n O ve t V L T a Car U E al Shoreline i L‘Avenida bb C ean P K E EE R C C A da R S gloves and sunscreen and bring their l ES 5 R RY I V BER E E r R E o F K o t Mathi s K o First St EE t g 13 CR h IA i n C own pick-up sticks. All youth under 18 ll N e C E R t en IT t tra N l 8 E e ADOBE CREEK P 23 o 6 America Great Cap M need supervision and transportation i to Ce l ntral Exp 24 cKee M White to get to cleanup sites. s 9 s a 4 er k m El Camin w 15 c o o To R o B Lawrence Ki n SI Santa Clara g um LV San Al ER 25 C Sunnyvale 18 R E E K 14 Homestead 19 21 Story 26 S y T a l H n e i O F K e 20 M Stevens Creek li P p S e O O y yll N N ll I u uT l C U T l i R 12 Q h A 27 t S 22 o Cupertino R C A o 11 16 S oga M F t O a O T a A rba z Ye B T u G 10 n en d n a R Sar S O a N i A 17 L A e 33 d S 32 i D M Se SI L K er V o nte E E R E Campbell C n M R RE E C t K e r STEVENS CREEK Cleanup r S Campbell e y RESERVOIR A sponsors on back Z WI San L e D 34 v K A C A A Locations S E T r T RE e EV C B ly ENS el A Jose H A L C Ca m y HELLYER PALO ALTO w d ol Exp e Capit PARK Saratoga Saratoga n 28 ster 1 San Francisquito Creek Quito he 30 COYOT E C Winc R 31 E 2 Matadero Creek ARATOGA CR E S K VASONA 3 Adobe Creek RESERVOIR Coleman Sa a Teresa Blossom Hill nt 35 A LA A M C ANOAS CR LOS ALTOS l I Los Gatos m TO 29 S H a C d R LEXINGTON i e E c C n E k a K 4 Permanente Creek md E RESERVOIR s en x p rry R w Ha d GUADA y Diversion Channel LUPE CA LE R y MOUNTAIN VIEW ALMADEN O aile M QUICKSILVER B o GUADALUPE n e PARK t n RESERVOIR e ra 5 Stevens Creek re h SAN JOSE y Coc 6 Stevens Creek 37 LI TT ne L ANDERSON 16 San Tomas Aquino Creek E Dun L LA RESERVOIR GA SUNNYVALE CAMPBELL S 17 Saratoga Creek 38 t nan 7 Sunnyvale West Channel 32 San Tomas Aquino Creek Morgan Ten 18 Guadalupe River Hill 8 Sunnyvale East Channel 33 San Tomas Aquino Creek 39 19 Guadalupe River Oak W on Gle ES s n 36 T nd COYOTE & Baylands portions of mu 34 San Tomas Aquino Creek S CR Ed 40 RESERVOIR LAGA 20 Guadalupe River L L San Tomas Aquino and ITTL E Calabazas Creeks LOS GATOS LLAGAS 21 Guadalupe River CHESBRO d R e RES. ll S i GA 35 Los Gatos Creek v LA 9 El Camino Storm Drain 22 Guadalupe River n L o s t a CUPERTINO 23 Upper Penitencia Creek MORGAN HILL W San L L 24 Coyote Creek 36 Chesbro Reservoir Martin A 10 Stevens Creek Reservoir S G a A n S t 25 Coyote Creek 37 Anderson Lake a 11 Calabazas Creek & T e UVA re S Regnart Creek s 26 Coyote Creek 38 West Little Llagas Creek a ey Leavesl 12 Calabazas Creek 27 Coyote Creek 39 West Little Llagas Creek CHRISTMAS SANTA CLARA 28 Coyote Creek 40 Edmundson Creek HILL PARK 8th Gilroy 13 San Tomas Aquino Creek 29 Coyote Creek GILROY 41 14 Saratoga Creek 30 Ross Creek 41 Uvas Creek 15 San Tomas Aquino Creek 31 Guadalupe River Sign up online today! part of the solution e to creek pollution Saturday, May 18, 2013 9AM-Noon www.cleanacreek.org (408) 630-2739 Presented by: Creek Connections Action Group, Watershed Watch Campaign, & American Rivers Participating... Sponsors: Santa Clara Valley Water District, City of San José and Santa Clara County Parks Agencies: City of Cupertino, City of Gilroy, City of Morgan Hill, City of Mountain View, City of Palo Alto/Water Pollution Control Plant, City of Sunnyvale and West Valley Clean Water Program Groups: Blackford Neighborhood Action Coalition, Bordeaux HOA, Brownie Troop 60650, Cub Scout Pack 32, Cub Scout Pack 433, Forest Hill School, Friends of Adobe Creek, Girl Scouts of Northern California Service Unit 625, Green Town Los Altos, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, Hands On Bay Area, Rotary Club of San Jose, San Tomas West NAC, Santa Clara County Cub Scout Pack 325, Santa Clara County Water Ski Club, Santa Clara County Department of Child Support Services, Santa Clara University Civil Engineering Department, Save The Bay, Sierra Club Singlearies, West Valley Green Leaf Companies: De Mattei Construction, Fairmont San Jose, Lockheed Martin Leadership Association, People and Planet, RMC Water and Environment Donors: Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and Watershed Watch Campaign Healthy creek ecosystems Help water flow The hundreds of miles of creeks and rivers in our valley need Keeping debris out of creeks helps water protection and care. A healthy stream is an irreplaceable flow. Creeks are a valuable natural natural resource and a wonderful amenity that can bolster a resource that support sensitive wildlife property’s value. Make the most of your local creeks by helping and ecosystems and also serve as natural to keep them healthy. Creek health reflects the conditions drainage systems that carry storm water throughout the watershed, not just those along its banks. away from homes, roads and businesses Through proper care of stream banks and riparian vegetation, safely to the bay. For our waterways to you can enhance your property, prevent erosion problems, carry runoff during heavy rainfall, it is avoid flood losses, preserve water quality and contribute to the important to keep creeks free of trash and survival of fish and wildlife. debris, which can impede the flow of water and cause flooding. While most people The Guidelines and Standards for Land Use Near Streams realize trash and chemicals should not go manual can help creekside property owners large and into a creek, many don’t know that yard small make the right decisions in caring for their property. waste, leaves and soil also pollute a creek Find a copy at www.valleywater.org/Programs/ and can obstruct water flow, resulting in WaterResourcesProtectionCollaborative.aspx. flooding and erosion. Alamitos Recharge Pond.
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