Living Lands and Waters Ohio River Cleanup

Living Lands & Waters hosts dozens of community river cleanups each year to help with watershed conservation efforts with the assistance of thousands of volunteers of all ages who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get dirty ? church groups, schools, community organizations, businesses and more! 

Most river cleanups last about two hours and begin with a brief discussion on safety and potential hazards during the cleanup. All volunteers will be required to sign the LL&W waiver prior to participating in an LL&W event. From there, volunteers load up into LL&W work boats, piloted by the LL&W crew, and head out to the pre-designated garbage sites along the shorelines and islands of the river. Once there, the search for garbage is on. 

With trash bags and shovels in hand volunteers scour the area in search of plastic bottles, barrels, tires, appliances, and other debris which is then carted to a centralized location. After the site has been cleaned, everyone loads back up into the boats, and heads back. Lunch can be provided before or after the cleanup depending on the time of the event. Remember we?ll be outside and getting dirty!