Joint Base San Antonio > News

Basura Bash a success despite chilly conditions
February 17, 2024 — Even with temperatures in the low 40s with strong winds pushing that feeling much lower, more than 150 volunteers turned out at the Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston early on Feb. 17 to help clean the creek banks... MORE

Volunteers needed for Basura Bash annual Salado Creek Park cleanup Feb. 17
January 25, 2024 — Rain or shine, at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 17, 2024, we will once again meet up at Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to participate in the annual Basura Bash. The Basura Bash is a one-day all-volunteer-run event where people all around San Antonio participate in removing accumulated trash and debris from the San Antonio Watershed’s streams and tributaries. ... MORE

Volunteers clean up Salado Creek at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston for Earth Day
April 21, 2023 — Forty volunteers rolled up their sleeves, donned gloves and got in canoes to help clean up the section of Salado Creek that runs through Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as an early Earth Day initiative April 14... MORE

Basura Bash brings out volunteers to clean Salado Creek
February 18, 2023 — A chilly Saturday morning start didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the volunteers who came out early Feb. 18 to help clear out accumulated trash at the Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during the annual Basura Bash... MORE

Annual Basura Bash cleans up Salado Creek at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston
February 16, 2023 — Come rain or shine at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, 2023, we will once again meet up at the Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to participate in the annual Basura Bash... MORE

Basura Bash brings out hundreds of volunteers to clean up Salado Creek
February 17, 2020 — Hundreds of dedicated volunteers came out on a cool, crisp morning Feb. 15 to help clean up an important waterway that runs through Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during the annual community-wide Basura Bash... MORE

Basura Bash heads into 10th year of Salado Creek cleanup
January 31, 2020 — The Basura Bash is a one-day, all-volunteer event to clean up the San Antonio Watershed from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 15 at the Salado Creek Park... MORE

Seaman Ryan Shorter, who was training to become a medical corpsman at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, reaches for a piece of trash along Salado Creek during the annual Basura Bash Feb. 17, 2018.

Basura Bash draws hundreds out to beautify Salado Creek at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
February 16, 2019 — The ninth annual Joint Base San Antonio Basura Bash had a stellar turnout of volunteers Feb. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s Salado Creek Park... MORE

A trio of Air Force Airmen make their way along Salado Creek in kayaks, helping clear out a year's worth of accumulated debris at the ninth annual Joint Base San Antonio Basura Bash Feb. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s Salado Creek Park.

City and Joint Base San Antonio partner to pave way for Salado Creek Trail and Equestrian Facilities at Fort Sam Houston
June 15, 2018 — A partnership between the City of San Antonio and Joint Base San Antonio will bring new hiking and biking trails through a portion of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

The Howard W. Peak Greenway Trail System, which includes Salado Creek, is an expanding system of paved multi-use trails funded with sales tax funds approved by San Antonio voters. The Salado Creek Greenway, recently designated a “National Recreation Trail” by the Department of the Interior, is currently divided into two long segments north and south of JBSA-Fort Sam Houston that will soon be connected into one, very long continuous trail, thanks to the partnership between the City of San Antonio, or CoSA, and JBSA.

Basura Bash draws hundreds of volunteers to clean out Salado Creek
February 17, 2018 — Hundreds of volunteers turned out for the annual Basura Bash Feb. 17 as part of a community effort to help clean out an important waterway which runs through Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The Basura Bash is a one-day, all-volunteer event to clean the San Antonio Watershed... MORE

Seaman Ryan Shorter, who is training to become a medical corpsman at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, reaches for a piece of trash along Salado Creek during the annual Basura Bash Feb. 17.

Basura Bash looks to clean out waterways around JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
January 29, 2018 — The Basura Bash is a one-day, all-volunteer event to clean the San Antonio Watershed. Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be hosting an event from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 17 at the Salado Creek Park... MORE

The Basura Bash is a one-day, all-volunteer event to clean the San Antonio Watershed. Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be hosting an event from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 17 at the Salado Creek Park.

Hundreds of volunteers turn out for 2017 Basura Bash to clean out Salado Creek at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
February 18, 2017 — Were YOU at the 2017 Basura Bash at Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston this morning (Saturday, Feb. 18)? A lot of your friends, family, co-workers and leadership were! Tons of trash of all sizes and shapes were removed from the creek and surrounding areas by hundreds of eager volunteers! ... MORE

Two Soldiers show off some of the unusual items they retrieved from Salad Creek during the 2017 Basura Bash at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Saturday, Feb. 18.

Basura Bash looks to clean out waterways around JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
January 31, 2017 — The Basura Bash is a one-day, all-volunteer event to clean the San Antonio Watershed. Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be hosting its annual event beginning at 8 a.m. Feb. 18 at the Salado Creek Park... MORE

Army Staff Sgt. Sy Smith, an instructor/writer with Company A, Academy Brigade (Provisional), carefully maneuvers a kayak down Salado Creek while picking trash out of the waterway during the annual Basura Bash at Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during last year’s Basura Bash Feb. 20, 2016. The kayaks were provided by JBSA Morale, Welfare and Recreation.