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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

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