Volunteers to clean Missouri-Mississippi confluence

Come out and be part of something big.

ST. LOUIS-Missourians who like tackling big jobs can get their hands dirty and their feet muddy during the big-river cleanup at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers April 30.

The event is the latest in a series of river cleanups coordinated by Missouri River Relief. Volunteers will meet at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (CA) on Riverview Drive off I-270 in extreme northeastern St. Louis County. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The cleanup runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Organizers advise volunteers to wear work clothes and boots. Work gloves and trash bags will be provided. Much of the work will be accomplished on land, but some volunteers will ride boats to areas accessible only by water.

Chad Pregracke, who originated the River Relief concept, will be on hand with a garbage barge and a fleet of commercial work boats to collect and sort trash for recycling.

Event sponsors include the Missouri Department of Conservation, Bass Pro Shops, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

To register, or for more information, call 573/443-0292, e-mail riverrelief@riverrelief.org, or visit the River Relief Web site, www.riverrelief.org.

- Jim Low -

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