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2022 Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations
September 17, 2022



WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY

Headwaters of the Pearl
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
​Launch Location: Hwy 19 North Boat Landing, Choctaw, MS

Site Leader:  Mitzi Reed, Choctaw Wildlife and Parks Director
**Winston County 4-H Kayak Club


LEAKE/SCOTT COUNTY

Old Hwy 13 Bridge to Leake County Water Park
(10.1 river miles, 5-7 hours)
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: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leader: David Dawley
**
BSA Troop 229, Brandon (Chris Ray, John Ogden)
Launch Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
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Coal Bluff Campground
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup:  Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental

Site Leader:  Christy Hasson
**BSA Troop 85

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 and Rhonda Bailey
Launch Location:  Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS

Pearl River Wildlife Management Area
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader:  Tonyah and Bill Stanley
Meet-up Location:  Pearl River WMA, Hwy 43

Lake Harbor Campground/Goshen Springs Campground/Tommy's Trading Post


Pelahatchie Creek
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own 
Site Leaders:  Hollie Marjanovic and Kelly McGinnis

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:  
Meet-Up Location: Reservoir Fire Station, 2230 Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS

Bayview Clubhouse, Ross Barnett Reservoir
**Registration reserved for residents

Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leader:  Will Selman
Meet-Up Location: Bayview Clubhouse in Northbay, 200 Bayview Dr, Madison, MS

​
Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir 
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader:  Jan Richardson (Keep Ridgeland Beautiful)
**Trail Life Troop, MS-1031 (Jason Mann)
​**Troop 300

Meet-Up Location: Old Trace Park (Old Park Trail, off Post Road, near Madison Landing), Ridgeland, MS

Pelahatchie Shore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir 
**Registration reserved for American Heritage Girls

Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Jennifer Kimbrough, AHG MS1421
Meet-Up Location:  Pelahatchie Shore Park, North Shore Parkway, Brandon, MS


Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leaders:  Todd Macko, Jimmy Walters, Jr, and John Breland (Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group)
​**Morton High School

Meet-Up Location:  Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS

Fannye Cook Natural Area
Land-based cleanup  
*This site requires walking up to one mile sometimes in heavy brush.  Wear long pants and bug spray. 
Site Leader:  David Felder (Wildlife Mississippi)
Southeast Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Meet-Up Location: Flowood YMCA, 690 Liberty Rd, Flowood, MS 
​
LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Mays Lake  
**Registration reserved for Scouts only

Land-based cleanup
Site Leader:  Bryan Keller (Cub Scout Troop 305)
​**STR Pack 30 Cub Scouts (Jessica Sullivan), BSA Troop 300 (Stephen Heard), BSA Troop 2719 (Chris Blake)

Meetup Location: LeFleur's Bluff State Park, 3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson, MS

Belhaven Beach and Jackson Waterworks
Land-based cleanup
*This site requires walking in heavy brush.  Wear long pants and bug spray.
Site Leaders:  Andy Hilton and Claire Graves
​**Millsaps College (Joey Shelton), 
 BSA Troop 1 (Mike Scott, Angel Bacon)
Meet-Up Location:  East end of Laurel St, Jackson, MS

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 Leaders:  Patricia Smith (Manager, D'Lo Water Park)
**BSA Troop 88, Clinton, MS (
Ben Collins)
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

Gatesville Bridge to Hopewell Bridge
Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: George Malvaney, Wesley Byrd and Justin Plant, E3 Environmental 
Meetup Location: Bridge over Pearl River on Gatesville Rd, Gatesville, MS

Georgetown Bridge 
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
​Site Leader:  Paul Speyerer, Whit McKinley
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:  NEEDED
Meet-Up Location:  Atwood Water Park 1362 E Broad St, Monticello, MS
​
Watercraft-based cleanup from Wanilla to Atwood Water Park: Bring your own
Site Leader: Wilson Farnham, Glenn Dykes and Mike Tullis
Meet-Up Location: Wanilla Water Park, Old Hwy 27, Wanilla, MS


Columbia Water Park

​Land-based cleanup
**7:30 am start time
Site Leader: 
Shelly Blackard
**GSA Troop 7304


PIKE COUNTY

Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)

**Site will be land-based only due to high water

Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader:  Nathan Wells and Barry Chance
**BSA Troop 270 (Hammond, LA)
**BSA Troop 124 (Nathan Wells, Brookhaven)
Meet-Up Location: Bogue Chitto Water Park, 1068 Dogwood Trail, McComb, MS


PEARL RIVER/HANCOCK COUNTY
WASHINGTON/ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA


LA Upper Pearl River 
**Rescheduled for Oct 1

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

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
**Rescheduled for Oct 1

Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or reserve a kayak from Honey Island Kayak Tours
​Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayak Tours
Support: ​Canoe & Trail Adventures
Meet-Up Location: 65583 Pump Slough Rd, Pearl River, LA

​Pearl River Turnaround 
​​Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Stacie Ponthier
**GSA Troop 3879, BSA Troop 351

Meet-Up Location: I59, Exit 11, Pearl River Turnaround, Pearl River, LA

Port Bienville Boat Launch
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader:  Jessica Thompson Bryant (South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club)
Jessi James, Mississippi Inland Cleanup Program
Meet-up Location:  Port Bienville Boat Launch, Road A, Pearlington, MS
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