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2017 Pearl River Clean Sweep Locations

REGISTER

Upper Pearl Coordinator:  Abby Braman, Pearl Riverkeeper

WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY

Headwaters of the Pearl
Nanih Waiya Cave Mound
Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area
Burnside Water Park

**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location) Registration for MSU only
(Land and watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leaders:  Mitzi Reed, Choctaw Wildlife and Parks Director
Rachel Carlton, Mississippi State University, Students for a Sustainable Campus,  Air & Waste Management Association

Start Location: Nanih Waiya Mound and Village
**Click here for information from your Site Leader


LEAKE/SCOTT COUNTY

Upper Pearl River, Scott & Leake County
(Watercraft-based cleanup:  Bring your own)

**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location)
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*This site has multiple Launch Locations.  Logistics will be handled by the Site Leader.
Site Leader: Angie Webb, Pearl River Kayaks

Launch Location (Asst Site Leader, Tammy Thrash):  South Carthage Landing, Highway 35, Carthage, MS
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Launch Location (Asst Site Leader, Teri Garling): Old Hwy 13 Bridge, Lena, MS
Launch Location (Angie Webb): Leake County Water Park, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Launch Location (Asst Site Leaders, Stanley and Nicole Monk): Low Head Dam, 1190 Park Rd, Lena, MS
Launch Location (Asst Site Leader, Beth Herzig, 
Girl Scout Troop 3326):  Coal Bluff Park Campground, 1319 Coal Bluff Rd, Lena, MS

MADISON/HINDS/RANKIN COUNTY


Yokanookany Trailhead, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location)
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(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Zac Halstead
Meet-Up Location: Natchez Trace Overlook, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Canton, MS


Coal Bluff to 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
​**Click here for details from your Site Leader


Ratliff Ferry Trading Post to Tommy's Trading Post
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
  
Site Leader:  Camille Richards,
Central Mississippi Paddling Mafia

Start Location: Ratliff Ferry Trading Post, 1275 Ratliff Ferry, Rd, Canton, MS
Take-Out Location:  Tommy's Trading Post, 4238 MS-43, Brandon, MS
**Click here for details from your Site Leader


Pelahatchie Shore Park, Hinds CC
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**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location) *Registration for Hinds Community College students only
(Watercraft and land-based cleanup)
Site Leaders:  Shannon Lindsey, Reservoir Paddle Sports
Mindy Stevens, Hinds Community College
Chris Lockhart, Capital City Kayaks
Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Shore Park, Brandon, MS

Pelahatchie Bay
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Shanna Head, Central MS Paddling Mafia

Meet-Up Location: Pelahatchie Bay Trading Post Boat Ramp, 2303 Old 471 North, Brandon, MS
**Click here for details from your Site Leader

Ross Barnett Reservoir Botanical Gardens, Mill Creek
(Watercraft and land-based cleanup)
SEPT 22
Site Leader: Angie Webb, Pearl River Kayaks
Site Leader: Suzanne Antonaros, St. Joseph Catholic School
SEPT 23
Site Leader:  Michael Cochran
Meet-Up Location: Reservoir Fire Station, 2230 Spillway Rd, Brandon, MS

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Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
(Land-based cleanup)
**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location
)*Registration open for Girl Scout Troop 7576  only.
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
Meet-Up Location: Old Trace Park, (Old Park Trail, off Post Road, near Madison Landing), Ridgeland
**Meet-Up Time: 8:30 am


Lakeshore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir 
 
(Land-based cleanup)
**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location) *Registration open for American Heritage Girls, Trail Life USA and Cub Scout Pack 575 only.  
Site Leader:  Valerie Alley, American Heritage Girls
Meet-Up Location:  Lakeshore Park, Brandon


Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam
(Land-based cleanup)
**CLOSED (This site is full.  Please consider an alternate location)

Site Leader:  Nancy Magee, Keep the Rez Beautiful,
Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group
*Scout Pack 416 Location
Meet-Up Location:  Dam parking lot, Spillway Rd
​**Click here for information from your Site Leader

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Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway to Mays Lake
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Click here for information about this length of  the river
Site Leader:  Bryan Keller
Start Location: LeFleur's Bluff State Park, 3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson, MS
Take-Out Location:  LeFleur's Bluff State Park, 3315 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson, MS

​Fannye Cook Natural Area
(Land and water-based cleanup: Bring your own)
*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)

Belhaven Beach
(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
*This site requires walking in heavy brush.  Wear long pants and bug spray.
Site Leader: T.J. Legler
Meet-Up Location:  Laurel St, Jackson
**Click here for details from your Site Leader

Jackson Waterworks to Elton Rd
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Norman Sisson
Meet-Up Location: Jackson Water Department, 2320 Riverside Dr, Jackson
​Take-Out Location: Elton Rd, Jackson
Lower Pearl Coordinator:
Jessica Gauley,
Honey Island Kayaks

COPIAH/SIMPSON COUNTY

Georgetown Bridge
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
​Site Leader:  Tim Walker
Meet-Up Location:  

D'Lo Water Park (Strong River)
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader:  Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park
Meet-Up Location: 135 D'Lo Park Rd,  Mendenhall, MS


LAWRENCE/MARION COUNTY

Atwood Water Park
(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader:  Duwaine Robbins, Pack 277, New Hebron
Meet-Up Location:  1362 E Broad St, Monticello, MS

​Red Bluff
(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Elise Parker, Pack #124
Meet-Up Location: Red Bluff, Foxworth, MS


Columbia Water Park
(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Kristi Raynes, Troop 3825, Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi
Meet-Up Location: 27 Water Park Lane, Columbia, MS


PIKE/WALTHALL COUNTY

Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader: Javus Branch
Meet-Up Location:  Bogue Chitto Water Park, 1068 Dogwood Trail, McComb, MS


Walkers Bridge Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader:
Heather Martin
*Webelo  1 and 2, Cub Scout 138 Location
Meet-Up Location: Walkers Bridge Water Park, Walkers Bridge Rd off Hwy 48, Tylertown, MS


Holmes Water Park (Magees Creek)
**This location will be doing their cleanup on Saturday, Sept 30.

Site Leader:
  Shelly Blackard, Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi, Troop 7304
Meet-Up Location: Holmes Water Park, Tylertown, MS


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


LA Upper Pearl River
*This site had multiple Launch Locations.  Logistics will be handled by the Site Leader. 
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader:  Representative Malinda White
Launch Location ​(Asst Site Leader, Curtis Creel): LA Pearl River Bridge Landing, Hwy 10, Bogalusa, LA
Launch Location: Richardson Landing, Riverside Dr off Hwy 21, Bogalusa, LA

Launch Location: Pool's Bluff Boat Launch, Pool's Bluff Rd, off Hwy 21, Bogalusa, LA 
*No one will go below the Sill.
**Click here for details from your Site Leader

​Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
Support: Delta Chapter, Sierra Club
​Canoe & Trail Adventures
*Boy Scout Pack 346, Troop 321 Location
Meet-Up Location: 65583 Pump Slough Rd, Pearl River, LA
**Meet-Up Time: 9:00 am
**Click here for details from your Site Leader


Walkiah Bluff Water Park
​(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leaders: Josh Mitchell, Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department,
Walkiah Mafia
*Girl Scout Troop 5864 Location (Site Leader: Stacie Ponthier)
Meet-Up Location: Walkiah Bluff Water Park, Walkiah Bluff Rd, Picayune, MS
**Click here for details from your Site Leader


Pearlington, MS
(Land and Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
​Site Leader: Jared Sternberg and Jake Kelston,
Beyond the Bayou Tours
*Scout Troop 30044 ( Kari Spencer), Brownie Troop 3608 (Lizzi Long) Location
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Meet-Up Location: Pearlington Boat Launch, 17116 Monroe St, Pearlington, MS
**Meet-Up Time: 10:00 am

LaFrance Marina
(Watercraft-based cleanup: Bring your own)
Site Leader:  Aaron Kopp, South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club
Meet-up Location:  LaFrance Marina, 3200 Ansley Rd, Bay St. Louis, MS




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