Float Down is an opportunity to celebrate our stunningly turquoise river while protecting its valuable drinking water and fish habitat! We are asking floaters and spectators to contain and pick up their trash and dispose of it properly. With the support and efforts of many, we want to lessen the amount of garbage the yearly […]

Join Little Forks Conservancy and Gladwin Conservation District to clean up trash along the beautiful Cedar River! Kayaks and lunch provided. We will meet at Gladwin City Park at 10am where we will have introductions, discuss the schedule, and hand out materials for the day. Plan to be on the water for about 3 hours […]

Team up with Friends of Buck Creek for their 11th Annual Buck Creek Clean Up on Saturday, August 24th! A clean and healthy environment is critical to the overall health of our waterways and communities. Removing trash and debris from our environment becomes increasingly difficult and expensive the farther it gets from its source. Taking […]

Join Friends of the Looking Glass River on Sunday, August 25th for their Fall River Clean Up Float! This clean up will focus on tackling the Lowell Rd to Forest Hill Rd section of the river. We know of a couple blockages and downed trees we need to take care of.  We will hit the […]

The Clean Waters Challenge: Healing the Bear Bear River Cleanup will take place along the Bear River in Emmet and Charlevoix counties on September 7. The Bear River is a tributary of Little Traverse Bay and stretches 15 miles from its headwaters in Walloon village to its mouth at the Petoskey waterfront. On any given day, canoers, […]

This event is being sponsored by the St. Joseph County Conservation District (Centreville, MI). The SJCCD will provide equipment (boats, paddles, personal floatation devices), along with some snacks and bottles of water. Everyone participating in the river cleanup event is being asked to please phone the SJCCD in advance at 269-467-6336, Ext. 5, so that the […]

You won't want to miss out on our fourth community-wide, waterways stewardship and river trail cleanup. This  will be our largest with more activities and special events planned than ever before. We reveal much more than incredible rivers, treasured parks, and a prized river trail, we reveal our community spirit and civic pride. Because of […]

Help to beautify your community on Saturday, October 5th from 8:30am-noon at the 21st Annual Charlotte River Conservation Day.  Volunteers will assist with trash removal from Battle Creek River and Butternut Creek, Bennett Park beautification, trail clearing, rain garden maintenance, and more!  Cleanup supplies and equipment will be provided. Arrive before 9am to enjoy coffee and donuts. Lunch will be provided for […]

The Red Cedar River Cleanup is More Than Stewardship. It's a Celebration of Community. What started as a need to clean up a small bend in the Red Cedar River has developed into Michigan's largest student-led community-wide waterways stewardship event. This fall's event is a collaboration between MSU's Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, Okemos High School Earth […]

This spring we are launching the beginning of our Kalamazoo Riverside Parks Beautification Project. This is a build from last year's Kalamazoo River and River Valley Trail Cleanup events where hundreds of volunteers cleared thousands of pounds of litter, trash, and other unwanted debris, from our Kalamazoo River and adjoining greenways. Our focus will be […]