2020 Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations
September 19, 2020
*Sept 26, 2020 (Lower West Pearl, Walkiah Bluff Water Park, Pearl River Turnaround and Port Bienville only)
LEAKE/SCOTT COUNTY
Old Hwy 13 Bridge to Leake County Water Park (10.1 river miles) (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen Mullen It Over Stage Crew, LLC Launch Location: Old Hwy 13 Bridge, Lena, MS Takeout Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS Leake County Water Park (*Hazardous navigation at Low Head Dam) (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or contact Pearl River Kayaks to reserve a kayak) Site Leaders: Angi Webb, Pearl River Kayaks David Dawley, Troop 229 (Brandon) Launch Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS Coal Bluff Campground (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Beth Herzig Launch Location: Coal Bluff Park Campground, 1319 Coal Bluff Rd, Lena, MS MADISON/HINDS/RANKIN COUNTY Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar) (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or catch a ride) Site Leader: Brent Bailey Start Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd Take-Out Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS Pelahatchie Creek (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) **CLOSED-This site is full Site Leaders: Shanna Head and Amanda Griggs Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Bay Fishing Pier, Hwy 471 boat ramp, Flowood, MS Ross Barnett Reservoir Botanical Gardens, Mill Creek (Watercraft-based cleanup: bring your own) Site Leader: Michael Cochran Meet-Up Location: Reservoir Fire Station, 2230 Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir (Land-based cleanup) Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful Meet-Up Location: Old Trace Park, (Old Park Trail, off Post Road, near Madison Landing), Ridgeland Lakeshore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir (Land-based cleanup) **Registration reserved for American Heritage Girls only Site Leader: Gennifer Hankins, American Heritage Girls Meet-Up Location: Lakeshore Park, Brandon Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam (Watercraft and land-based cleanup) Site Leaders: Todd Macko, Jimmy Walters, Jr, and John Breland, Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group Meet-Up Location: Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd Fannye Cook Natural Area (Land-based cleanup) *This site requires walking in heavy brush. Wear long pants and bug spray. Site Leader: David Felder, Wildlife Mississippi Meet-Up Location: 690 Liberty Rd, Flowood, MS (Flowood YMCA) LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Mays Lake **Registration reserved for Scouts only (Land-based cleanup) Site Leader: Bryan Keller Meetup Location: LeFleur's Bluff State Park, 3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson, MS Belhaven Beach (Land-based cleanup) **Registration reserved for Boy Scout Troop 8 and Millsaps College 1 Campus, 1 Community *This site requires walking in heavy brush. Wear long pants and bug spray. Site Leaders: Andy Hilton and Claire Graves Meet-Up Location: Laurel St, Jackson Jackson Waterworks (5.2 river miles from Waterworks to 1 mile south of Lynch Creek) (**Canceled due to Water Contact Advisory) (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Norman Sisson Start Location: Jackson Water Department, 2320 Riverside Dr, Jackson Turn-around: 1 mile south of Lynch Creek Take-Out Location: Jackson Water Department Crystal Lake **Registration reserved for Hinds Community College (Raymond) (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup) Site Leaders: Chris Lockhart, Capital City Kayaks Mindy Stevens, Hinds Community College (Raymond Campus) Meet-Up Location: Crystal Lake, Flowood Dr, Flowood, MS |
COPIAH/SIMPSON COUNTY
D'Lo Water Park (Strong River) Hwy 49 to D'Lo and D'Lo to Merit Water Park (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park Ben Collins (Scout Troop 88, Clinton, MS) Meet-Up Location: D'Lo Water Park, 135 D'Lo Park Rd, Mendenhall, MS Merit Water Park (Strong River) **Registration reserved for Adventurer Patrol of Trail Life Troop MS-1031 (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: John Wilson Meet-Up Location: Merit Water Park, 1043 MS-43, Mendenhall, MS Georgetown Bridge (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Paul Speyerer Meet-Up Location: Highway 28 Bridge, Georgetown, MS LAWRENCE/MARION COUNTY Atwood Water Park and Wanilla Water Park (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Karen Jolly Hill Meet-Up Location: Atwood Water Park 1362 E Broad St, Monticello, MS Site Leader: Wilson Farnham Meet-Up Location: Wanilla Water Park, Old Hwy 27, Wanilla, MS Columbia Water Park (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Shelly Blackard Meet-Up Location: 27 Water Park Lane, Columbia, MS PEARL RIVER/HANCOCK COUNTY WASHINGTON/ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA LA Upper Pearl River (**This location is meeting at 10 am on Sept 19) (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Representative Malinda White Launch Location: Pool's Bluff Boat Launch, Pool's Bluff Rd, off Hwy 21, Bogalusa, LA Walkiah Bluff Water Park **Sept 26 Cleanup **CLOSED-This site is full (Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Jeremy Jenkins Launch Location: Walkiah Bluff Water Park, Picayune, MS Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA **Sept 26 Cleanup (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or reserve a kayak from Honey Island Kayak Tours) Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayak Tours Support: Delta Chapter, Sierra Club Canoe & Trail Adventures **BSA Troop 321, Water Dragons (Donovan Thomas) Meet-Up Location: 65583 Pump Slough Rd, Pearl River, LA **Meet-Up Time: 9:00 am Pearl River Turnaround **Sept 26 Cleanup (Land-based cleanup) Site Leader: Stacie Ponthier Meet-Up Location: I59, Exit 11, Pearl River Turnaround Port Bienville Boat Launch **Sept 26 Cleanup (Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own) Site Leader: Jessica Thompson Bryant, South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club Meet-up Location: Port Bienville Boat Launch, Road A, Pearlington, MS |