Millions of tons of trash wind up in our nation's rivers and streams every year, and American Rivers is harnessing the environmental passion and community pride of thousands of people to do something about it.

If you're looking for a hands-on way to help protect the rivers you love, then organize a cleanup or pitch in at a cleanup near you.

2007 GOPC Sponsored Cleanups

2006 Yadkin River Cleanup Report | 2006 Ellerbe Creek Cleanup Report

Links to related websites

• http://www.ellerbecreek.org
• http://www.enoriver.org
• http://www.neuseriver.org
• http://www.cleanwateract.org
• http://www.cwn.org/cwn
• http://www.epa.gov/r5water/cwa.htm
• http://www.acwf.org
• http://www.ncbigsweep.org

Pictures from Past Cleanups

List of all of the garbage that was collected from the Eno River in 2004.

• 65 - 30gal trash bags of garbage
• 32 - 30gal trash bags of recyclables
• 3 coolers
• 1 kids cars seat
• 1 kids cart
• 9 basketballs (2 of which were taken home for reuse!)
• 2 tires
• 6 feet of fencing
• 1 washing machine
• 1 car hood
• 1 office desk
• 4 - 5gal buckets
• 1 barrel
• 1 destroyed buoy
• A huge piece of floating dock that is accessible for a motor boat to pick up

Thanks to:

Great Outdoor Provision Co. - donated boats, prizes, & snacks
Frog Hollow Outdoors - donated boats
North Carolina State University - donated boats
Eno River Association - volunteer recruitment
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association - volunteer recruitment
Carolina Canoe Club - volunteer recruitment
Durham County Waste Management - trash pickup

Visit the Official National River Cleanup Week Site