PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Lee Creek Cleanup set for Sept. 6 WEST FORK, Ark. – Scores of volunteers will be patrolling the shores of Lee Creek on Saturday, Sept. 6 for Devil’s Den State Park’s annual Keep Arkansas Beautiful cleanup. Check-in opens at 9 a.m. at the day use horse parking in Devil’s Den State Park, at the west end of the park just off Arkansas 220. The cleanup runs until noon, when lunch begins. Volunteers will receive gloves and trash bags. There will be two trash drop off locations; one at Devil’s Den and one just south of Fall Creek. There will also be a free lunch and a prize giveaway when the cleanup is complete. The cleanup covers the creek from Devil’s Den State Park to the Arkansas Hwy 220 bridge. Lee Creek is designated an Extraordinary Resource Water and is familiar to hikers, horseback and ATV riders and paddlers who enjoy its sights, sounds and challenging flows. “This cleanup is a great service for the communities that rely on Lee Creek as a source of drinking water, as well as those who enjoy swimming, fishing, paddling and hiking on, around, or in the creek,” said Robyn Reed, Director of the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District. The cleanup itself has removed more than 12 tons of trash and junk from the waterway over a six-year period and last year another 1,730 pounds of trash was collected. The cleanup is sponsored by Ozark Natural Foods, Keep Arkansas Beautiful, Arkansas Stream Team, Pack Rat Outdoor Center, The Ozark Society, Ozark Highlands Trail Association, Boston Mountain Eye Care, Columbia, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, Cargill, Sky-Vue Lodge and White Rock Mountain Resort. The cleanup team consisting of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Devils Den State Park, Boston Mountain Solid Waste District, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas Canoe Club, Beaver Watershed Alliance, Washington County Environmental Affairs and the NWA Master Naturalists invite volunteers to join the Lee Creek Cleanup. For more information contact Robyn Reed at reed@bmswd or 479-846-3005 Terry Elder at [email protected] 479-761-3325 x 205.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:28:06 +0000
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