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2023 Pearl River Clean Sweep RESULTS

​TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 403, TOTAL TRASH: 12,700  POUNDS

Old Hwy 13 Bridge 
Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen (Pearl River Kayaks), Terry Thomas, Lynn Boykin (Sisters on the Fly)
Leake County Water Park 
Site Leaders: Christopher Ray, Brad Martin (BSA Troop 229), Tamara Allen (Leake County 4-H Kayak Club)
Low Head Dam
Site Leaders: Jason Hurdle (Scott County 4-H Kayak Club), Trint Crimm (BSA Troop 63)
Coal Bluff
Site Leader: Christy Hasson (BSA Troop 85)

Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar)
Site Leader:  Brent Bailey

Pelahatchie Creek
Site Leader: Camille Richards and Kelly McGinnis
**Mississippi Paddling Mafia

Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
**Trail Life Troop, MS-1031 (Jason Mann), BSA Troop 300 (Kevin Thomas), Keep America Beautiful 

Pelahatchie Shore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir   
Site Leader:  Jennifer Kimbrough, American Heritage Girls

Rankin Landing
Site Leader: Jeannine May, Keep the Rez Beautiful 
**Madison County Lions Club, Metro Leos

Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam
Site Leaders:  Todd Macko, Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group
**Westlake Compounds, LLC

Fannye Cook Natural Area
Site Leader: David Felder,  Wildlife Mississippi
**MS Master Naturalists

LeFleurs Bluff State Park
Site Leader: Bryan Keller (BSA Troop 8, Pack 305)
**BSA Troop 300 (Jessica Sullivan)


Belhaven Beach and Jackson Waterworks 
Site Leaders: Andy Hilton and Claire Graves
**BSA Troop 1 (Price Chadwick), Millsaps College 1C1C (Alex Melnick), City of Jackson

Crystal Lake
Site Leader: Chris Lockhart (Capital City Kayak Adventures)
**Tim Krason, Mindy Stevens (Hinds Community College, Raymond Campus, Honors College and PTK)
**Joy Reid (Hinds Community College, Rankin Campus, Honors College)

Strong River: D'Lo Water Park, Georgetown Bridge
Merit Water Park (Chapel Bridge to Hwy 28)

Site Leader:  Patricia Smith, D'Lo Water Park
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**Ben Collins (BSA Troop 88, Clinton, MS), Jenny Crawshaw (Troop 1475g)

Atwood Water Park and Wanilla Water Park 
Site Leaders:  Wilson Farnham, Glenn Dykes and Nick Bland

Bogue Chitto Water Park (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader: Christina Holder 

Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA 
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
Support: Canoe and Trail Adventures, Keep Slidell Beautiful, St. Tammany Residential Waste LLC, Pearl River & Honey Island Swamp Museum & Research Center, and Town of Pearl River 

Pearl River Turnaround
Site Leader:  Stacie Ponthier
​**BSA Troop 351 (Charles LaCavera)


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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Watershed
    • Our Team
    • Our Programs
    • Year in Review
  • Our River
    • Water Testing Results
    • Watershed Issues
    • Watershed Research
    • Water Trail
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Support our Programs
    • Clean our Watershed
    • Test our Water
    • Mark our Storm Drains
  • NEWS
    • 2023 Clean Sweep Results
    • PRESS
    • Blog
    • Resources
  • REPORT POLLUTION