About the event
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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. Rivers Alive is held annually each fall and is a program of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division Outreach Program.
Georgia's 70,150 miles of streams and rivers need your help. Our waterways provide us with fresh drinking water, great recreational opportunities like canoeing and fishing, and they serve as a pleasant respite from our busy day to day lives. This is your opportunity to help protect one of our most precious resources. Help us clean our rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands by joining in support of Rivers Alive. Thank you to our past volunteers who come from all walks of life - non-profit organizations, corporations, community and civic groups, school groups, faith-based groups, individuals, governmental agencies, and others. |
What will we do?
- This year, Roswell volunteers will lend a hand from 8:30 AM until 11 AM with privet removal (privet is an invasive shrub) and litter pick-up at Riverside Park in Roswell, Ga and the surrounding areas. Free food afterwards if you want!
- Options:
- Privet Removal
- Storm Drain Marking : Educate residents by marking storm drains in neighborhoods and distributing education materials . Appropriate for younger, or supervised children.
- Waterway cleanup : Float down the river to pick up trash. YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN WATERCRAFT. We will notify you about put – in and take-out locations. Shuttles will be available until 11:15 a.m. by prior request.