4,198 lbs. of trash removed from Kentucky Lake of the Tennessee River!!!
After two rescheduled dates due to flooding, the Keep The Tennessee River Beautiful project had six faithful volunteers come out for the final cleanup in the 7th annual Tennessee River Grand Slam Cleanup Series in Dover/Paris, Tenn./Murray, Ky., and, WOW, did they make a big impact!
The volunteer trash haul included an impressive 32 bags of litter, 38 feet of barge line, 4.5 tires, THREE channel markers (two green, one red), a large boat fuel tank, a 55-gallon barrel, a jet ski lift, the fiberglass top half of a boat, a 15-foot concrete/metal/foam dock, and more!
Thank you so much to Diann McGuire (a true warrior) at Keep Paris/Henry County Beautiful – Henry County Litter Program for not only collaborating in the organization of this cleanup, but joining and even staying to toss the trash from the trash boat into the dumpster after the cleanup.
They also had TVA employee and river mile adoptee, Phillip Toon, join, contributing in a big way to the cleanup with his passion for the river and strength that really came in handy when you have things like 400-pound channel markers on the shore.
Thanks to the partners at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area – U.S. Forest Service (and Friends of Land Between the Lakes) for letting them launch from their boat ramp and for using their heavy equipment to haul away the massive channel markers and 15-foot concrete dock that we hauled in from the cleanup. Thanks to Kinsey LLC Tree Service for donating the 40-yard dumpster to haul away all of the trash collected by our awesome volunteers.
As usual with the river cleanups, this event was only possible thanks to all of the committed collaboration of many partners and volunteers. Thank you so much for making such a difference for the Tennessee River watershed!