Kayakers Paddle The Trinity River To Clean Up Trash At Cowtown Cleanup

Arlington TX

28 March, 2022

6:18 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto | Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Report March 28, 2022 For the 37th time, volunteers gathered throughout Fort Worth to remove trash as part of the citywide Cowtown Great American Cleanup on March 26. Kayaks dotted the Trinity River as volunteers sought to surpass last year's total of more than 100,000 pounds of trash collected in a single morning. Organizers estimated 4,000 volunteers participated in the cleanup, said Laurie Stelljes, the vice chair of the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club.This marked the second year that Teresa Patterson, co-owner of Adventures Unlimited Paddling Company and the paddle trail manager for the Trinity Coalition, provided boats and guidance to cleanup participants behind the Ol' South Pancake House on University Drive. "One of the challenges is that there's trash on the water that's hard to get to for all the people who volunteer on the land," Patterson said. "Starting last year, at the Sierra Club's behest, we got together and decided that we could help fix that by providing discount boats to get people on to the water." Patterson helped beginners get on to the Trinity and learn the basics of paddling on flat water. Members of the North Texas River Runners, a whitewater paddling group, took on a more complicated stretch of the river. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.