Acterra’s Watershed Program conducts education, outreach and restoration activities in the greater San Francisquito watershed area. The project hosts activities for and provides a wide variety of information to youth groups, corporate groups, local government agencies, NGOs, and members of the public. The project also hosts the San Francisquito Watershed Forum, a stakeholder groups consisting of a number of regional entities.
Sausal Creek in Portola Valley, tributary of San Francisquito creek, was daylighted in 2008. Before daylighting, the creek flowed inside an underground culvert that provided almost no habitat value. Acterra coordinated the planting of thousands of native riparian plants along the creek and shrub and grassland species in the upper, drier areas of the site.
To date, hundreds of volunteers have planted over 10,000 plants and native grass plugs! Our goal is to create a beautiful native plant garden that can be home to native insects, birds and other wildlife. The initial planting was completed in 2008 but there will be many opportunities to help maintain the site in years to come.
The watershed project hosts volunteer work parties throughout the year. Volunteer activities include planting, weeding, watering, education and fun! A map listing our project sites appears at 
http://sanfrancisquito.org/resources/maps/map3.htm 
Dates and locations of San Francisquito watershed workdays more
We hold scheduled creek cleanup days twice per year, on the 3rd Saturday in May for National River Cleanup Day and on the 3rd Saturday in September for California Coastal Cleanup Day. We can also arrange creek and watershed cleanups for school, church or corporate groups by arrangement. Contact the program director for more information.
The San Francisquito Watershed Forum holds quarterly meetings at the Peninsula Conservation Center. Meetings are open to the public. For meeting schedules and agenda and more information on the San Francisquito watershed, please visit our website at sanfrancisquito.org
Should the Searsville Dam, located within the San Francisquito watershed, be removed? Acterra has drafted a position statement about this proposed project. [READ LETTER]