2023 Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations
September 16, 2023
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
**Winston County 4-H Kayak Club (Jim McAdory)
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, Terry Thomas and Lynn Boykin
**Sisters on the Fly, MS Master Naturalists
Launch Location: Old Hwy 13 Bridge, Lena, MS
Takeout Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Leake County Water Park
**Registration reserved for Boy Scouts and 4H Kayak Club
(*Hazardous navigation at Low Head Dam)
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leader: Chris Ray, Brad Martin
**BSA Troop 229, Brandon
**Leake County 4H Kayak Club (Tamara Allen)
Launch Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Low Head Dam
**Registration reserved for Boy Scouts and 4H Kayak Club
(*Hazardous navigation at Low Head Dam)
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leader: Jason Hurdle
**Scott County 4H Kayak Club
**BSA Troop 63 (Trint Crimms)
Launch Location: Low Head Dam, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Coal Bluff Campground
**Registration reserved for Boy Scouts
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
**EDP Renewables
Launch Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS
Pelahatchie Creek
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Camille Richards and Kelly McGinnis
Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Bay Fishing Pier, Hwy 471 boat ramp, Flowood, 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 (Kevin Thomas)
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
Rankin Landing
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: Jeannine May (Keep the Rez Beautiful)
**Metro Leos
Meet-Up Location: Shaggy's, 1733 Spillway Rd, 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)
**Westlake, MS Soil and Water
Meet-Up Location: Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS
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: Flowood YMCA, 690 Liberty Rd, Flowood, MS
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: 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
**BSA Troop 8, Cub Scout Pack 305, Cub Scout Pack 30 (Jessica Sullivan)
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 (Alex Melnick), BSA Troop 1 (Mike Scott, Price Chadwick, Angel Bacon)
**Keep Jackson Beautiful (Bethan Read)
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
**Registration reserved for Scouts only
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Bryan Keller
**BSA Troop 8, Cub Scout Pack 305, Cub Scout Pack 30 (Jessica Sullivan)
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 (Alex Melnick), BSA Troop 1 (Mike Scott, Price Chadwick, Angel Bacon)
**Keep Jackson Beautiful (Bethan Read)
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)
**Cleanup delayed until October due to low water
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
Gatesville Bridge to Hopewell Bridge
**Registration reserved for E3 Environmental
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
LAWRENCE/MARION COUNTY
Columbia Water Park
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Shelly Blackard
**GSA Troop 7304
Red Bluff
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Nathan Wells
***BSA Troop 124
Wanilla to Atwood Water Park
Watercraft-based cleanup from Wanilla to Atwood Water Park: Bring your own
Site Leader: Wilson Farnham, Glenn Dykes and Nick Bland
Meet-Up Location: Wanilla Water Park, Old Hwy 27, Wanilla, MS
PIKE/WALTHALL COUNTY
Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: Christina Holder
Meet-Up Location: Bogue Chitto Water Park, 1068 Dogwood Trail, McComb, MS
Holmes Water Park (Magee's Creek)
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Meet-Up Location: 65 Old Hwy 98, Tylertown, MS
PEARL RIVER/HANCOCK COUNTY
WASHINGTON/ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA
LA Upper Pearl River
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
Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or reserve a kayak from Honey Island Kayak Tours
**To register for this location, visit www.honeyislandkayaktours.com, select book now, click on Sept 16th and then follow the prompts
**Land-based only due to low water
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 (Charlie LaCavera)
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)
Meet-up Location: Port Bienville Boat Launch, Road A, Pearlington, MS
