August is Watershed Appreciation Month!

For the month of August, San Jose Water is celebrating Watershed Appreciation Month and we hope you’ll join us!

Although we all play a part in managing and protecting the watersheds in our communities, not everyone is aware of what exactly a watershed is, where it is, or what they can do to help protect it. We hope that by dedicating a month out of the year to sharing information and images about our watershed, as well as holding in-person activities and tours, everyone in our community will come to appreciate our watershed a little bit more.

Make sure to follow us on social media to see all the latest updates under #WatershedAppreciation throughout the month of August, from videos from our watershed hikes to our newest podcast episode drops!

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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sjwater/ 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/san-jose-water/posts/?feedView=all 

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzgCOUYMK-RsIco99rzVKA 

Our four-episode podcast series answering questions about what we're doing right and what we're missing in watershed stewardship with host Jared Lewis, San Jose Water Environmental Manager and featuring leading bay area environmental experts. Stay tuned!

Guest: Stuart Siegel

In Episode 1 of The Watershed Sessions, Jared Lewis sits down with Dr. Stuart Siegel, Coastal Resilience Specialist with the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, to explore how restoration must evolve in the face of climate change.

They discuss why successful restoration is about restoring natural processes—not recreating the past—and how adaptive management, lessons learned, and long-term thinking can lead to healthier, more resilient ecosystems.

This conversation offers a practical look at what it takes to accelerate restoration, overcome institutional barriers, and build projects that continue to thrive.

Guest: Seth Schalet 

In Episode 2 of Watershed Sessions, Jared Lewis talks with Seth Schalet, CEO of the Santa Clara County Fire Safe Council, about why California’s wildfire challenge can’t be solved by technology alone.

They explore the real drivers of resilience: early detection, vegetation management, prescribed fire, home hardening, land use planning, workforce development, and coordination across agencies and communities.

This conversation offers practical insight into how we can better live with fire, protect watersheds and infrastructure, and build more resilient communities for the future.

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