Environmental volunteers are often part of the effort to clean rivers, beaches, lakes, ponds and water bodies of all sizes. They are often the only people who are out there, tirelessly pulling every kind of trash out of these precious natural resources. In San Jose, volunteers have been cleaning Los Gatos Creek, led by a new organization called Friends of Los Gatos Creek, as well as the San Jose Parks Foundation.

Check out the sites for both organizations above and a story about the cleanup here, via the blog San Jose Inside.