Coyote Creek is the largest watershed in the South Bay. It runs 64 miles from Henry Coe in the south along the Diablo Range and north through Coyote Valley, past downtown San Jose and through Milpitas to San Francisco Bay. 

Deb Kramer, Executive Director and founder of Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, described some of the changes happening along the Coyote Creek and talked about how you can get involved with her organization's activities including creek and trail cleanup events, community-science activities, recreation, and education.

As a community organizer, Deb has drawn thousands of people to Coyote Creek cleanup events, worked closely with many community organizations and agencies, such as Audubon, Open Space Authority, City of San Jose, and Save Our Trails. For most of her career, she has been a project manager in environmentally-related fields, from water, energy, and waste to now watersheds. Deb is a former board member of Save the Bay, and an alumnus of Cal Berkeley with a degree in environmental science. Her favorite pasttimes are hiking, backpacking and gardening.