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Over the years, residents have helped remove over 20 tons\u00a0of trash from area streams and rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers can choose from four starting locations that include the Old Chain of\u00a0Rocks Bridge off Riverview Drive in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Creve Coeur Lake in\u00a0Maryland Heights, Ferdinand Park in Florissant and Chouteau Township at 3244\u00a0West Chain of Rocks Road in Granite City. Cleanup sites will then be assigned\u00a0near each starting location. At the end of the cleanup, participants will\u00a0regroup at the signup locations for a celebration and free lunch. Prizes will be\u00a0awarded to volunteers who find the weirdest, biggest, and most expensive trash\u00a0that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Individual volunteers, civic groups and youth organizations are encouraged to\u00a0volunteer. No experience is required. Volunteers will be provided a free\u00a0t-shirt, bags, and gloves, courtesy of MSD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Volunteers should plan on working hard, having fun, getting wet and dirty, and\u00a0leaving with the sense that they&#8217;ve contributed to the environment and to our\u00a0local water quality in a very significant way,&#8221; said Dona Schuh-Anderson,\u00a0project manager with MSD.<\/p>\n<p>Municipalities in St. Louis County as well as the City of St. Louis are joining\u00a0in the effort, which has removed over 61 tons of trash and scrap out of streams\u00a0and neighborhoods in just four years. Along with Great Rivers Greenway,\u00a0Trailnet, MSD, St. Louis City and County and all the communities that lie within\u00a0the Missouri and Mississippi River Watersheds, other sponsors for the event\u00a0include Missouri American Water, St. Louis Audubon Society, St. Louis County\u00a0Department of Highways and Traffic, Missouri Stream Team, Missouri Department of\u00a0Conservation, Missouri River Relief, Missouri &amp; Piasa Palisades Group of Sierra\u00a0Club and Operation Clean Stream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers needed for 5th Annual River Cleanup of rivers and\u00a0creeks that lie within the Confluence Greenway The Great Rivers Greenway District, Trailnet\u00a0and the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) are inviting area residents\u00a0to join them in their fight to clean up the rivers and creeks within the\u00a0Confluence Greenway and the Missouri\/Mississippi River watersheds.\u00a0 One of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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