Be a part of this National Effort!
Quad Cities, USA - Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) has expanded its total number of participating cities from 22 to 27 for The Great Mississippi River Cleanup on Saturday, June 19th. The following cities are participating in this cleanup: St. Paul, MN, Red Wing, MN, Wabasha, MN, Alma, WI, Buffalo City, WI, Weaver, MN, Fountain City, WI, Winona, MN, LaMoille, MN, Cassville, WI, Dubuque, IA, Sabula, IA, Cordova, IL, Buffalo, IA , Andalusia, IL, Muscatine, IA, New Boston, IL, Oquawka, IL, Fort Madison, IA, Keokuk, IA, Nauvoo, IL, Quincy, IL, Louisiana, MO, Grafton, IL, Alton, IL and St. Louis, MO.
Around 800-1200 volunteers from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri will take part in a first-ever, multi-state clean-up of the upper Mississippi River. The Great Mississippi River Cleanup will remove debris; such as tires, barrels, propane tanks, appliances, plastic bottles and more. Volunteers will assist in debris collection on the day of the cleanup, from 9:00AM to 1:00PM. We still need volunteers and boaters to assist with transporting participants to cleanup locations. If possible, LL&W is also looking for people who are willing to haul debris in their boats to the boat launch where roll-off dumpsters or other disposal facilities will be in place. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer, please visit www.livinglandsandwaters.org.
LL&W has removed more than six million pounds of trash through cleanup efforts along the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Potomac rivers since its launch over 12 years ago. LL&W also coordinated flood relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the historic floods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Lake Delton, Wisconsin in 2008. LL&W Founder and President Chad Pregracke says, "We've been able to host over 440 community cleanups over the years and this is the biggest effort we've ever put together." Pregracke adds, "This kind of cleanup has been needed for a long time. So, we're very excited to be able to coordinate an event of this size and importance."
Living Lands & Waters is a 501(c) (3) environmental organization established in 1998 and headquartered in East Moline, Illinois. Beyond Community River Cleanups such as the "Great Mississippi River Cleanup", LL&W conducts Big River Educational Workshops, the MillionTrees Project, the Riverbottom Forest Restoration and the Adopt-a-River Mile program on both the Mississippi River and the Illinois River.
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