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August 23, 2011

CRBI hosts Operation Silver Creek Clean Sweep on Saturday

Submitted by the Coosa River Basin Initiative

This Saturday dozens of lovers of clean water will converge on Silver Creek in South Rome to participate in the first of five Rivers Alive waterway cleanups planned for communities in Northwest Georgia during the next two months.

Operation Silver Creek Clean Sweep will involve students from Berry College, Darlington School, St. Mary’s Catholic School and the Boys & Girls Club of South Rome to clean up a two-mile stretch of Silver Creek running from Darlington Drive to the Etowah River.

Community volunteers are encouraged to join the students for this cleanup which will run from 9 a.m. to noon and will be followed by a pizza lunch and drinks. To register to participate, call (706) 232-2724 or register online at www.coosa.org/get-involved/volunteer.

CRBI is assisting with Rivers Alive cleanups in Euharlee on Sept. 24, Chattooga County Oct. 10, Cedartown Oct. 15 and Rome Oct. 29.

Operation Clean Sweep is targeting an area of Silver Creek that is slowly being transformed. The city of Rome recently completed the Kingfisher Trail, a new paved recreational trail and bridge spanning Silver Creek. The trail stretches a half mile from the South Broad Bridge over the Etowah to the Silver Creek Trail, offering spectacular views of Silver Creek.  

“This is one of Rome’s hidden natural treasures right in the downtown area,” said David Promis, CRBI program coordinator. “It’s a beautiful section of stream, unfortunately, a lot of trash winds up in the creek whenever we have heavy rains and soda bottles, cans and other debris gets washed into the creek.”

Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the state including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water resources.

CRBI is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and member of the international Waterkeeper Alliance with the mission of informing and empowering citizens to protect, preserve and restore North America’s most biologically diverse river basin.

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