What We Are Doing

Russian River Watershed Cleanup is dedicated to removing the trash from the river and hosts the cleanup event each year with the help of volunteers of all ages. With trash bags in hand, volunteers scour the area in search of plastic bottles, barrels, tires, appliances, and whatever else is present that does not belong the river. The refuse is then carried to a central point along the shoreline.

A special thank you to all who participated in 2007’s event, we were able to gather the following:

  • Refuse is carried to a central point along the shoreline.8 cubic yards single stream recycling
  • 90 tires
  • 2 debris boxes of trash (60 cubic yards)
  • 1 debris box of appliances (including 3 TVs)
  • 1 complete automobile front end
  • 3 complete automobile back ends
  • 6 gallons of motor oil
  • 1 automobile battery

Items that could be reclaimed were recycled; the remainder was properly disposed of at a landfill.

We hope to see you on Saturday, September 27, 2008 for a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. The search for garbage is on! 

 

 The face of the river, in time, became a wonderful book . . . which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it had uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.

Mark Twain