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2018 Pearl River Clean Sweep RESULTS

​TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 706, TOTAL TRASH: 33,840 POUNDS

WINSTON/NESHOBA COUNTY

Headwaters of the Pearl
​Hwy 19 Landing

Site Leader:  Mitzi Reed, Choctaw Wildlife and Parks Director
VOLUNTEERS: 4, TRASH TOTAL:  50 POUNDS

LEAKE/SCOTT COUNTY

Upper Pearl River, Scott & Leake County

South Carthage Landing, Highway 35 (Site Leader: Tammy Thrash)
Old Hwy 13 Bridge (Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen)
Leake County Water Park (Site Leader: Angi Webb, Pearl River Kayaks)
Low Head Dam (Site Leader: Slayton Duncan, Park Manager, Reservoir Police)

Coal Bluff Park Campground
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VOLUNTEERS: 21, TRASH TOTAL: 1150 POUNDS  

MADISON/HINDS/RANKIN COUNTY

Yokanookany Trailhead, (Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Overlook Lakeshore, West Florida, Browns Landing, Cypress Swamp, River Bend, Turcotte)
Site Leader: Zac Halstead
VOLUNTEERS: 4, TRASH TOTAL:  100 POUNDS

Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar)
Site Leader:  Brent Bailey
VOLUNTEERS:  34, TRASH TOTAL: 600 POUNDS

Ratliff Ferry Trading Post to Tommy's Trading Post
Site Leader:  Stanley and Nicole Monk
​Dr. Steven Smith
VOLUNTEERS: 9, TOTAL TRASH: 500 POUNDS

Pelahatchie Bay
Site Leader: Camille Richards, Central MS Paddling Mafia
Mindy Stevens, Hinds Community College
Chris Lockhart, Capital City Kayaks
Jacktown Paddlesports
VOLUNTEERS: 53, TRASH TOTAL: 1500 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir Botanical Gardens, Mill Creek, Audubon Point
Site Leader: Michael Cochran
VOLUNTEERS: 4,  TOTAL TRASH: 300  POUNDS

Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
Girl Scout Troop 7576, Junior Auxiliary of Madison, Madison-Ridgeland Rotary Club
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
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VOLUNTEERS: 9, TRASH TOTAL:  200 POUNDS including 2 BAGS OF RECYCLABLES

Lakeshore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir 
 American Heritage Girls, Trail Life USA and Cub Scout Pack 300 and 575  
Site Leader:  Valerie Alley, American Heritage Girls
VOLUNTEERS: 76 , TRASH TOTAL: 150 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam, East and West
Site Leaders:  Todd Macko, Jimmy Walters, Jr, Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group
Paul Hobson, Ross Barnett Crappie Association
Jeannine May, Nancy Magee, Keep the Rez Beautiful

VOLUNTEERS: 78, TRASH TOTAL: 1200 POUNDS

Pearl River near Jackson Country Club
​Site Leaders: Dustin Quarles and Jake Hill
VOLUNTEERS: 2, TRASH TOTAL: 200 POUNDS

LeFleur's Bluff State Park
Site Leader:  Bryan Keller
Cub Scouts, Andrew Jackson Council
VOLUNTEERS: 12, TRASH TOTAL:  250 POUNDS 

Fannye Cook Natural Area
Site Leader: David Felder,  Wildlife Mississippi
Mississippi Master Naturalists
VOLUNTEERS:  18, TOTAL TRASH:  725 POUNDS

Belhaven Beach
Site Leaders: T.J. Legler and Andy Hilton
Millsaps College
VOLUNTEERS: 42, TRASH TOTAL:  1500 POUNDS

Jackson Waterworks
Site Leader: Norman Sisson
John Breland
Millsaps College
VOLUNTEERS: 18, TRASH TOTAL:  2000 POUNDS

D'Lo Water Park (Strong River)
Site Leader:  Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park
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Ben Collins, Boy Scout Troop 88, Clinton, MS
Mark Dugo, MS Valley State University/Jackson State University
VOLUNTEERS:  41, TOTAL TRASH: 400 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
VOLUNTEERS: 11, TRASH TOTAL:  200 POUNDS

Saturday, Sept 22
Columbia Water Park

Site Leader: Kristi Raynes, Troop 3825, Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi
VOLUNTEERS: 37, TRASH TOTAL:   325 POUNDS

PIKE/WALTHALL COUNTY

Holmesville to Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader: Bryant Brown
VOLUNTEERS: 5, TOTAL TRASH: 200 POUNDS


Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader: Elise Parker, Boy Scouts Pack 124
Angela Harvey (Scenic Rivers)
VOLUNTEERS: 21, TOTAL TRASH: 400 POUNDS


Walkers Bridge Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader:
  Scenic Rivers Development Alliance

VOLUNTEERS: 2, TOTAL TRASH:  100 POUNDS

Holmes Water Park (Magees Creek)
Site Leader:
  Canoe and Trail Outpost

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


LA Upper Pearl River
Site Leader:  Representative Malinda White
USM EcoEagles,  International Paper, 
Parish President Richard Thomas, Parish Council Perry Talley, Parish Council Levi Lewis,  Senator Beth Mizell, Gary "Hoss" Parker, Representative Stuart Bishop, LA Natural Resource Department, LA Wildlife & Fisheries
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
VOLUNTEERS: 80, TOTAL TRASH: 18,840 POUNDS

Saturday, Sept 22
Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA  

Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
Support: Delta Chapter, Sierra Club
​Canoe & Trail Adventures
Boy Scout Troop 321, Water Dragons
VOLUNTEERS: 96,  TRASH TOTAL:  2500 POUNDS

Saturday, Sept 22
Walkiah Bluff Water Park

Site Leader:  Stacie Ponthier, Girl Scout Troop 5864
VOLUNTEERS: 19, TOTAL TRASH: 250 POUNDS

Port Bienville, Pearlington, MS
Site Leader:  Jessica Bryant, South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club
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VOLUNTEERS: 10, TOTAL TRASH:  200 POUNDS

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Watershed
    • Our Team
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  • Our River
    • Water Testing Results
    • Watershed Issues
    • Watershed Research
    • Water Trail
    • Ross Barnett Reservoir/PRVWSD
    • Pearl River Boatway Maps, 1974
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Clean our Watershed
    • Test our Water
  • "One Lake"
    • Flood Risk Management
  • REPORT POLLUTION