2026 Pearl River Clean Sweep RESULTS

​TOTAL VOLUNTEERS:  435, TOTAL TRASH: 8,632 POUNDS

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HWY 35  Carthage, MS.
​Site Leader: Dax Fairchild, Leake County FFA
​VOLUNTEERS : 12 TRASH TOTAL:  650 POUNDS

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Old Hwy 13 Bridge to Leake County Water Park
Site Leaders: Will McDearman, John McGowan
Leake County Water Park 
Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen (Pearl River Kayak)
Low Head Dam
Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen, 4H Leake Co.  Vicki Gannan 
Coal Bluff
Site Leader: Amanda and Ben Mullen
VOLUNTEERS : 14 TRASH TOTAL:  500 POUNDS

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Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar)
Site Leader:  Brent Bailey
EDP Renewables, Pearl River Solar, Ratliff Ferry Trading Post
VOLUNTEERS :  40  TRASH TOTAL: 1,000 POUNDS

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Pelahatchie Creek
Site Leader: Kelly McGinnis
**Mississippi Paddling Mafia, Capital City Beverage, Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, Rankin County Rotary Club, Capital City Beverage, MS Master Naturalist
VOLUNTEERS : 16 TRASH TOTAL: 300 POUNDS

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Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
​VOLUNTEERS : 1 TRASH TOTAL: 20 POUNDS 

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Pelahatchie Shore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir   
Site Leader:  Jennifer Kimbrough, American Heritage Girls
​VOLUNTEERS : 22 TRASH TOTAL:  200 POUNDS

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Reservoir Overlook
Site Leader:  George Nicols, Troop 164
VOLUNTEERS: 18 TRASH TOTAL: 400 POUNDS   +CAR FENDER

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Spillway Dam and Rankin Landing
Site Leader: Jeannine May, Keep the Rez Beautiful 
**Madison County Lions Club, Metro Leos
VOLUNTEERS :  25 TRASH TOTAL:  600 POUNDS 

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LeFleurs Bluff State Park
Site Leader: Cindy Karlson 
Scout Troop 30 and Pack 30, Girl Scout Troop 2719, Girl Scout Troop 4341
VOLUNTEERS : 42 TRASH TOTAL: 320 POUNDS +CAR BUMPER

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Belhaven Beach and Jackson Waterworks 
Site Leaders: Claire Graves and Alex Melnick
**Mississippi College (Price Chadwick), City of Jackson, Millsaps College 1C1C (Alex Melnick), Jacobs Engineering
VOLUNTEERS : 11 TRASH TOTAL: 600 POUNDS

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Crystal Lake
Site Leader: Chris Lockhart (Capital City Kayak Adventures)
**Hinds Community College, Hinds Honors Institute, Honors and PTK Gamma Lambda, Troop 299, GPG BS Troop 291
VOLUNTEERS : 60 TRASH TOTAL: 200 POUNDS

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Strong River: D'Lo Water Park
Site Leader:  Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park, Benjamin Collins
​**BSA Troop 88, Clinton, MS
VOLUNTEERS : 25 TRASH TOTAL: 220 POUNDS  +4 TIRES

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Gatesville Bridge to Hopewell Bridge
Site Leaders: George Malvaney, Wesley Byrd, and Justin Plant (E3 Environmental)
VOLUNTEERS : 6 TRASH TOTAL: 600 POUNDS

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Red Bluff
Site Leader: Shawn Harris (Piney Woods Conservation Group) 
**MS Hiking Group, MS Roguesters, Underdogs MS, Blended by Bridget, CGLee Studio, BSA Troop 93, Seven Rivers Canoe Club, USM Golden Eagles Conservation Society, Southern Miss Geology, Golden Eagle Fitness, Keep Columbia and Marion County Beautiful, Keep MS Beautiful 
​VOLUNTEERS : 70 TRASH TOTAL: 702 POUNDS  (75 POUNDS OF GLASS RECYCLED)

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Atwood Water Park
Site Leader: Ford Wall (Atlas-SSI)
**Atlas-SSI, Georgia Pacific Monticello
(The Town of Monticello hosted a weeks long Clean Sweep Event engaging the whole community)
VOLUNTEERS : 25 TRASH TOTAL: 1,180 POUNDS

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Walkiah Bluff
Site Leader:  Jeremy Jenkins
**Boone's Disposal, Bodean's
VOLUNTEERS:  20   TOTAL TRASH: 500 POUNDS

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Bogue Chitto Water Park
Site Leader:  Nathan Wells, Troop 124B
VOLUNTEERS:  7  TOTAL TRASH:  200 POUNDS

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Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA 
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
** St. Tammany Residential Waste LLC
VOLUNTEERS :  TRASH TOTAL:  POUNDS 1,040

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