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2019 Pearl River Clean Sweep RESULTS

​TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 740, TOTAL TRASH:  40,075 POUNDS

WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY

Headwaters of the Pearl
​Hwy 19 Landing

Site Leader:  Mitzi Reed, Choctaw Wildlife and Parks Director
VOLUNTEERS: 10, TRASH TOTAL:  275 POUNDS

LEAKE/SCOTT COUNTY

Upper Pearl River, Scott & Leake County

South Carthage Landing, Highway 35 (Site Leader: Anthony and Katie Loper)
Old Hwy 13 Bridge (Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen)
Leake County Water Park (Site Leader: Angi Webb, Pearl River Kayaks, Slayton Duncan, PRVWSD, Jeannine May, Keep the Rez Beautiful, David Dawley and Kellon Ketchum, BSA Troop 229)

Coal Bluff Park Campground (Site Leader: Beth Herzig, Girl Scout Troop 3326, and Donna Alexander, Girl Scout Troop 4286)
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VOLUNTEERS: 76, TRASH TOTAL: 2000 POUNDS  

Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar)
Site Leader:  Brent Bailey
VOLUNTEERS:  34, TRASH TOTAL:  1200 POUNDS

Pelahatchie Creek
Site Leader: Camille Richards, Shanna Head, Central MS Paddling Mafia
Jacktown Paddlesports
VOLUNTEERS: 20, TRASH TOTAL: 300 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir Botanical Gardens, Mill Creek, Audubon Point
Site Leader: Michael Cochran
VOLUNTEERS: ,  TOTAL TRASH: POUNDS

Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
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Boy Scout Troop 300 (Stephen Heard), Girl Scout Troop 4341 (Cynthia Carlson)
VOLUNTEERS: 43, TRASH TOTAL:  300 POUNDS plus 75 lbs of recyclables

Lakeshore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir   
Site Leader:  Gennifer Hankins, American Heritage Girls
American Heritage Girls Troop 0220 (Stephanie Case), AHG Troop 1271, Trail Life USA and Cub Scout Pack 300 and 575
VOLUNTEERS:  24, TRASH TOTAL: 250 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam
Site Leaders:  Todd Macko, Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group
Metro Leos Club (Sarah Ross)
VOLUNTEERS: 59, TRASH TOTAL: 3125 POUNDS

School Creek
​Site Leaders: John Breland and Todd Macko
1 Campus, 1 Community - Millsaps College
VOLUNTEERS: 45, TRASH TOTAL: 3750 POUNDS

Fannye Cook Natural Area
Site Leader: David Felder,  Wildlife Mississippi
Mississippi Master Naturalists, Cub Scout Troop 305 (Bryan Keller)
VOLUNTEERS:  36, TOTAL TRASH:  1225 POUNDS

Belhaven Beach
Site Leaders: Andy Hilton and Claire Graves
Millsaps College, City of Jackson
VOLUNTEERS: 40, TRASH TOTAL:  2500 POUNDS

Crystal Lake
Site Leaders: Chris Lockhart, Capital City Kayaks
Mindy Stevens, Hinds Community College, Raymond Campus
VOLUNTEERS: 34, TRASH TOTAL: 3500

Strong River and D'Lo Water Park
Site Leader:  Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park
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Ben Collins (Boy Scout Troop 88, Clinton, MS) and Boy Scout Troop 575
Mark Dugo, MS Valley State University/Jackson State University
Tim Walker, Deb & John Craft
VOLUNTEERS:  47, TOTAL TRASH: 500 POUNDS

LAWRENCE/MARION COUNTY

Atwood Water Park and Wanilla Water Park 
Site Leaders:  Karen Jolly Hill, Alderman, Town of Monticello and Mayor Martha Watts, Town of Monticello
​Wilson Farnham
VOLUNTEERS: 10, TRASH TOTAL:  500 POUNDS

Columbia Water Park
Site Leader: Kristi Raynes (Girl Scout Troop 3825) and Shelly Blackard (Girl Scout Troop 4805), Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi
VOLUNTEERS: 29, TRASH TOTAL:  275 POUNDS

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


LA Upper Pearl River
Site Leader:  Representative Malinda White and Gary Parker

VOLUNTEERS: 20, TOTAL TRASH:  2000 POUNDS

Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA  
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
Support: Delta Chapter, Sierra Club
​Canoe & Trail Adventures, Beyond the Bayou Tours
Boy Scout Troop 321, Water Dragons (Donovan Thomas), University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Park-EcoEagles
VOLUNTEERS: 141,  TRASH TOTAL:  6000 POUNDS

Walkiah Bluff, Picayune, MS
Site Leader: Jeremy Jenkins and TeamHookFinn
VOLUNTEERS: 3, TOTAL TRASH: 850 POUNDS

Bogue Chitto State Park
Site Leader: Amanda Beavers
VOLUNTEERS: 3, TOTAL TRASH: 100 POUNDS

Pearl River Turnaround
Site Leader:  Stacie Ponthier, Girl Scout Troop 5864
Boy Scout Troop 351 (Charlie LaCavera), Cub Scout Pack 324 (Chris Carmichael)

VOLUNTEERS: 56, TOTAL TRASH: 7200 POUNDS

Port Bienville, Pearlington, MS
Site Leader:  Jessica Bryant, South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club
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VOLUNTEERS: 10, TOTAL TRASH: 150 POUNDS

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