Group seeks volunteers for river clean-up
May 2—A clean-up of the Missouri River is set for later this month in St. Joseph.
The nonprofit organization Missouri River Relief is leading a cleanup and education event on Saturday, May 18, out of the French Bottom river access near the Remington Nature Center.
Volunteers pre-register and then arrive early in the morning to check in, receiving a T-shirt and water bottle. After an educational orientation, volunteers receive a safety briefing and get into life jackets to head out in a boat to pre-scouted trash sites on the banks of the Missouri River.
After cleaning up for a couple of hours, volunteers return to the boat ramp for lunch and more educational activities.
To sign up, go to bit.ly/stjoe-2024.
The group has done 224 river cleanups, removing 1,064 tons of trash from the Missouri River with more than 33,000 volunteers from Omaha to St. Louis.
