Renew Our Rivers Seeks Volunteers For Cleanup Days In 2022

Birmingham AL

04 March, 2022

10:39 AM

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BIRMINGHAM, AL — Renew Our Rivers, an Alabama Power-sponsored initiative to clean up the state's rivers and watersheds, has released its cleanup schedule for the year, and seeks volunteers to help with the cause. Renew Our Rivers began in 2000 as a community river cleanup organized by Alabama Power employees at Plant Gadsden who were concerned about littering along the Coosa River. Today, Renew Our Rivers is one of the nation's largest river system cleanups. With the help of community partners, volunteers and organizations, Alabama Power has coordinated about 120,000 volunteers and removed more than 16 million pounds of trash from Southeastern waterways. Cleanup days for 2022 have been scheduled as such: March 5: Valley Creek (Adger, Birmingham, Bessemer and Lipscomb)Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd March 5: Lake Eufaula (Chattahoochee River)Contact: Brad Moore at [email protected] March 12: Valley Creek (Oak Grove)Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd TBD: Valley Creek (Providence)Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd March 22-23: Mobile River (Plant Barry)Contact: Jeff Reeves251-829-2746 March 26-April 2: Logan Martin (Coosa River)Contact: Bud Kitchin256-239-0242 March 26: Minor Heights Community at Village CreekContact: Hana [email protected] April 2: Lay Lake at Plant Gaston (Coosa River)Contact: Jodi Webb205-669-8360 April 2-10: Lay Lake (Coosa River)Contact: Judy Jones205-669-4865 April 22: Smith Lake (Cullman County)Contact: Jim Murphy205-529-5981 April 23: Lake Jordan (Coosa River)Contact: Brenda Basnight334-478-3388 April 28-29: Smith Lake (Winston County)Contact: Jim [email protected] April 30: Weiss LakeContact: Sam Marko404-626-8594 May 7: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River)Contact: Dale Vann205-910-3713 TBD: Plant Gorgas (Mulberry Fork)Contact: John [email protected] May 17-18: Smith Lake (Walker County)Contact: Roger Treglown205-300-5253 Aug. 6 (tentative): Holt Lake (Black Warrior River)Contact: Becky Clark205-799-2449 TBD: Upper Tallapoosa RiverContact: Lex Brown256-239-6399 Aug. 12: Plant Miller (Locust Fork)Contact: Marybeth [email protected] Aug. 13: Valley Creek (Fairfield, Midfield, Hueytown, Pleasant Grove and Brighton)Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd Sept. 9-10 (tentative): Village CreekContact: Yohance Owens205-798-0087 Sept. 16: Smith Lake (Cullman County)Contact: Jim Murphy205-529-5981 Sept. 20-21: Smith Lake (Walker County)Contact: Roger Treglown205-300-5253 Sept. 22-23: Smith Lake (Winston County)Contact: Jim [email protected] Sept. 26-Oct. 1: Neely Henry Lake (Coosa River)Contact: Lisa Dover256-549-0900 TBD: Lake DemopolisContact: Jennifer [email protected] Oct. 4: Dog River (Mobile County)Contact: Catie [email protected] Oct. 15: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River)Contact: Dale Vann205-910-3713 Oct. 25-27: R.L. Harris (Tallapoosa River-Lake Wedowee)Contact: Sheila Smith205-396-5093Marlin Glover770-445-0824 Nov. 4-5: Lake Martin (Tallapoosa River)Contact: John [email protected]