2026 10th Anniversary
Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations
September 19, 2026
A 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: NEEDED
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 (Pearl River Kayaks)
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 (Pearl River Kayaks)
**Leake County 4H Kayak Club (Vicki Ganann)
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: Amanda and Ben Mullen (Pearl River Kayaks)
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
Launch Location: Ratliff Ferry, 1275 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, MS
Pelahatchie Creek
Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Kelly McGinnis
**Rotary Club of Rankin County
**The Hederman Family
Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Bay Fishing Pier, Hwy 471 boat ramp, Flowood, 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, MS
Pelahatchie Shore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
**Registration reserved for American Heritage Girls
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: Jennifer Kimbrough
**American Heritage Girls MS 1423
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)
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: **GSA Troop 4341, Madison (Cindy Karlson)
Meetup Location: LeFleur's Bluff State Park, 3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson, MS
Belhaven Beach
Land-based cleanup
*This site requires walking in heavy brush. Wear long pants and bug spray.
Belhaven Site Leaders: Claire Graves and Price Chadwick (BSA Troop 1)
**Jacobs (Peter Akinosho)
**City of Jackson
**BSA Troop 1 (Price Chadwick)
**Millsaps College, Wellspring (Alex Melnick)
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: Contact Capital City Kayaks for free kayak rental)
Site Leader: Chris Lockhart (Capital City Kayaks)
**Hinds CC, Raymond Campus, Honors (Timothy Krason)
**BSA Troop 229, Brandon (Brad Martin)
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
Site Leader: Patricia Smith (Manager, D'Lo Water Park)
**BSA Troop 88 (Ben Collins and John Rushing)
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
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: Wesley Bird 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, Pine Belt Blueways, Kick Glass Hattiesburg)
Meet-Up Location: Red Bluff, along Hwy 587 in Marion County, just northwest of the community of Morgantown, MS
Atwood Water Park
Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own
Site Leaders: Ford Wall (Atlas- SSI)
**Town of 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
**To register for this location, visit www.honeyislandkayaktours.com, select book now, click on Sept 19th and then follow the prompts
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayak Tours
Support: Canoe & Trail Adventures
**Pearl River HS NJROTC (Donald Craig)
Meet-Up Location: 65583 Pump Slough Rd, Pearl River, LA
Pearl River Turnaround
Land-based cleanup
Site Leader: NEEDED
Meet-Up Location: I59, Exit 11, Pearl River Turnaround, Pearl River, LA
