The 20th Annual Big River clean-up will take place on Saturday August
25th. Our Clean Stream Team will be meeting at the Byrnes Mill Park
parking lot at 8:30AM. We will shuttle our boats and canoes to the put-
in point at Rockford Beach at the Hwy. W Bridge Big River access. The
team will float down to the take-out point at Byrnes Mill Park. Along
the way we will be collecting tires, cans, bottles, trash and anything
else that doesn’t belong in the river. We’ll float a little over a
mile and a half. The float takes about 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
We are looking for additional volunteers and boats. Jon boats work
the best but canoes are also very useful. This is a wonderful
opportunity to make a difference in your community and to meet other
concerned citizens like yourself. We will have T-shirts and gloves
for the ones who register early. If you are interested in helping out
call me at
636-677-4196. Wear clothing you can get wet and dirty.
Bring drinking water and sun screen. You may be surprised how pretty
the Big River can be.
See pictures of earlier clean-ups on the Byrnes Mill web site.
http://www.byrnesmill.org/streams.html
Jim McBroom