Renew Our Rivers Spring Cleanup

Buddy Vines Camp
On Saturday, June 2nd, 93 volunteers removed 5.84 of trash and debris from Bankhead Lake. The clean up was sponsored by a coalition of local citizens and businesses, supported by corporations, County, State and Federal agencies including the US Army Corps of Engineers and Alabama Power. Buddy Vines Camp hosted the event.

Several weeks before the clean up, the US Army Corps of Engineers and a group of lake residents marked heavy trash items (i.e. propane tanks, refrigerators, and tires.) On the week of the clean up, Alabama Power and the US Army Corps of Engineers removed the heavy items that could not be removed by individual volunteers. On Saturday, volunteers removed floatable trash from sloughs. Volunteers returned with the gathered garbage, which included plastics, glass, tires and metal. The day’s events closed with a volunteer lunch. A special thanks to Ravenswood Ferry for contributing their time and equipment to remove the large abandoned boats. Read the full report in Adobe Acrobat and view the pictures here.

With much appreciation and gratitude to our sponsors

▪ Alabama Power
▪ FOX 6
▪ US Army Corps of Engineers
▪ Jefferson County Commission
▪ Jefferson County Department of Health
▪ Cawaco Resource, Conservation & Development Council, Inc.
▪ Black Warrior Clean Water Partnership
▪ Santek Environmental, Inc.
▪ Storm Water Management Authority, Inc.
▪ Birmingport Fire & Rescue
▪ S&W Red Top Market
▪ All American Metal Components, Inc.
▪ Darrell Brown Trucking
▪ Rock Creek Pharmacy
▪ Birmingham Budweiser
▪ Commander Board, Inc.
▪ Thompson Tractor
▪ Samantha Community Cooperative
▪ USDA/NRCS-Earth Team
▪ Golden Flake