2025 Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations
September 20, 2025
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Register to clean up your own neighborhood. Pearl Riverkeeper will provide the supplies, you provide the manpower!
WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY
Headwaters of the Pearl
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Launch Location: Hwy 19 North Boat Landing, Choctaw, MS
Site Leaders: Mitzi Reed
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
Launch Location: Old Hwy 13 Bridge, Lena, MS
Takeout Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Leake County Water Park
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen
**Leake County 4H Kayak Club (Tamara Allen)
Launch Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Coal Bluff Campground
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leader: Daxton Fairchild
**Leake Central High School FFA
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
**Pearl River Solar, EDP Renewables
Launch Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS
Pelahatchie Creek
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Kelly McGinnis
**Sisters on the Fly
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
**American Heritage Girls MS1421
Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Shore Park, North Shore Parkway, Brandon, MS
Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam and Rankin Landing
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: Jeannine May (Keep the Rez Beautiful, Keep America Beautiful)
**GSA Troop 4383, BSA Troop 19
Meet-Up Location: Spillway Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS and Rankin Landing parking lot
Register to clean up your own neighborhood. Pearl Riverkeeper will provide the supplies, you provide the manpower!
WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY
Headwaters of the Pearl
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Launch Location: Hwy 19 North Boat Landing, Choctaw, MS
Site Leaders: Mitzi Reed
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
Launch Location: Old Hwy 13 Bridge, Lena, MS
Takeout Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Leake County Water Park
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen
**Leake County 4H Kayak Club (Tamara Allen)
Launch Location: Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Coal Bluff Campground
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Contact Pearl River Kayaks for free kayak rental
Site Leader: Daxton Fairchild
**Leake Central High School FFA
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
**Pearl River Solar, EDP Renewables
Launch Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS
Pelahatchie Creek
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Kelly McGinnis
**Sisters on the Fly
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
**American Heritage Girls MS1421
Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Shore Park, North Shore Parkway, Brandon, MS
Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam and Rankin Landing
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: Jeannine May (Keep the Rez Beautiful, Keep America Beautiful)
**GSA Troop 4383, BSA Troop 19
Meet-Up Location: Spillway Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS and Rankin Landing parking lot
LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Mays Lake
**Registration reserved for Scouts only
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Bryan Keller
Jessica Sullivan
**BSA Troop 8, BSA Troop 2719 (Candice Riley), Cub Scout Pack 305, Cub Scout Pack 30
**GSA Troop 4341 (Cynthia Karlson)
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: Claire Graves and Alex Melnick
**Millsaps College (Alex Melnick)
**Mississippi College (Price Chadwick)
**Keep Jackson Beautiful (Bethan Read)
**Jacobs (Peter Akinosho, Matthew Lancaster)
**City of Jackson
Meet-Up Location: East end of Laurel St, Jackson, 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
**MS Master Naturalists
Meet-Up Location: Flowood YMCA, 690 Liberty Rd, Flowood, MS
Crystal Lake
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup
Site Leader: Chris Lockhart (Capital City Kayaks)
**BSA Troop 229, Brandon (Brad Martin)
**Hinds Community College, Raymond and Rankin
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 (John Rushing)
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: TBD
George Malvaney, Wesley Byrd and Justin Plant, E3 Environmental
Meetup Location: Bridge over Pearl River on Gatesville Rd, Gatesville, MS
LAWRENCE/MARION COUNTY
Red Bluff
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Shawn Harris (Piney Woods Conservation Group)
Meet-Up Location: Red Bluff, along Hwy 587 in Marion County, just northwest of the community of Morgantown, MS
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
Atwood Water Park
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Ford Wall, Mayor Justin Mullins, Alderman John Catt
Atlas-SSI, Georgia Pacific Monticello
Meet-Up Location: Atwood Water Park, 1362 E Broad St, Monticello, MS
PEARL RIVER/HANCOCK COUNTY
WASHINGTON/ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA
Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own or reserve a kayak from Honey Island Kayak Tours
**THIS LOCATION IS FULL
To register for this location, visit www.honeyislandkayaktours.com, select book now, click on Sept 20th and then follow the prompts
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: TBD
Stacie Ponthier
**GSA Troop 3879, BSA Troop 351 (Charlie LaCavera)
Meet-Up Location: I59, Exit 11, Pearl River Turnaround, Pearl River, LA
