Keep Austin Beautiful engages citizens in making a lasting commitment to protect our waterways by adopting a ¼ mile segment for a minimum of two years.
Adopters conduct at least four restoration projects in an effort to reduce improve water quality, stabilize creek banks, and restore habitats along waterways.
Event ideas include invasive species removal, seed collection, and native tree or grass plantings.
Interested volunteers are encouraged to check out our map below for unadopted areas that are ready for a lasting positive impact!
For more information, please contact our Adopt-a-Creek Coordinator, Edward Pung.
When you Adopt-a-Creek you are making a commitment to:
- “Adopt” a ¼ mile of an Austin creek for at least 2 years
- Conduct at least 4 restoration events per year
- Ensure the safety of those participating in your events
- Report volunteer information and project details
- Restore creek habitat through invasive species removal, native plantings. and erosion control
Benefits of Becoming an Adopt-a-Creek Group
- An Adopt-a-Creek certificate and tile
- Guidance with planning your events
- Access to tools, native plants, and seeds
- Access to Keep Austin Beautiful and Watershed Protection Department staff to provide technical insight and advice
- Cleanup supplies and trash collection
- Adopt-a-Creek giveaways for your group
- Storm drain marking kits
- Monitoring kits for your group to track the progress of your creek segment
- Recognition on the Keep Austin Beautiful website
Adopted Creeks
Click on the map for more information about the creek area and adopters. Please note if a specific section of creek is not highlighted on the map, it can take 3-6 months to determine if the section is able to be adopted.
Partner
Sponsors
Adopters
Alpha Charity League
AMD
American Society of Civil Engineers, Austin
Anaka Cantrell
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders (NJHS)
ASLA Student Chapter
Atlassian CA’s
AT&T Austin
Austin Americorps Alums
Austin Chinese American Network
Austin Contractors and Engineers Association
Austin Families in Nature
Austin Habitat Stewards
Austin High School APES
Austin Standup Paddleboarders
Austin Youth River Watch
Bangers Sausage House and Beer Garden
Bailey Family
Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Association
Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area
Boy Scout Troop 49
Brooksource
Bull Creek Foundation
Central Cherry Creek Neighborhood Association
Chambord Community
Colorado River Alliance
Crossing Garden Homes
Cushing Terrell
Delta Alpha Omega LCN Multicultural Fraternity Inc.
Driftwood Recovery Center
Ecology Action of Texas
Engineers without Borders
Fairmont Hotel
Fairview Neighborhood
Freese and Nichols
Friends and Lovers of Willowbrook Reach (FLWR)
Friends of Boggy Creek – Rosewood Glen Oaks Neighborhood Association
Friends of Copperfield Nature Trails
Friends of East Bouldin Creek
Friends of Givens Park
Friends of Little Walnut Creek
Friends of McKinney Falls State Park
Friends of South Zilker Park
Friends of Tannehill Branch Creek
Friends of Williamson Creek
Fuller Family
Generation SERVE
Global Brigades
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Girl Scouts of Oak Hill
Gracywoods Neighborhood Association
Hancock Neighborhood Association
Heritage Hills – Woodbridge NA
Heritage Oaks
Hill Country Nudists
Hofmann Lab, UT Austin
Homewood Heights NA
Indeed
Innovative Water Solutions
Jacobs
JetBlue Airways
Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms
Kate Catteral
Keep Walnut Creek Wild
Ketcham Family
Lana Denkeler
Lumber Society
Management Information Systems Association (UT)
McKinley Heights/Clifford Sanchez
Moffitt
Nathan Leland
NYOS Charter School
Oak Hill United Methodist Church
Oracle- Austin
Osgiliath
Pease Park Conservancy
Phi Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Tau
Public Green & Wild
Radha Madhav Dham
REI Austin
Ridgelea Neighborhood Association
Sathya Sai Center of Austin
Save Barton Creek Association
Sephira
Sierra Club of Austin
Silicon Labs
Social Solutions
South East Austin Trails and Greenways Alliance (SEAT&GA)
Southwood Neighborhood Association
St. Edwards University – Ragsdale Center
Tau Beta Pi
TCEQ
Texas Bluebonnets
Texas Conservation Corps at American YouthWorks
Travis Audubon
The Karli Family
The Williamson Family
Tzu Chi Foundation
US Coast Guard Auxillary Floatilla 7-5 Austin
USGS
UT Geography Society
Walnut Creek Ward of the LDS
Wayside Schools
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Weston Solutions
W&M Environmental Group
Whole Foods Market Global Specialty Team
YETI
Youth Advisory Committee