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2020 Pearl River Clean Sweep RESULTS

​TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 473, TOTAL TRASH: 27,819 POUNDS

Old Hwy 13 Bridge (Site Leaders: Amanda and Ben Mullen)
Leake County Water Park (Site Leader: Angi Webb, Pearl River Kayaks, David Dawley and Kellon Ketchum, BSA Troop 229)

Coal Bluff Park Campground (Site Leader: Beth Herzig)
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VOLUNTEERS: 62, TRASH TOTAL: 1,200 POUNDS  

Ratliff Ferry (Flag Island/Eddie's Island/Survivor Island/Malibu/Beach Bluff/Coal Bluff Sandbar)
Site Leader:  Brent Bailey
VOLUNTEERS:  25, TRASH TOTAL:  1,100 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir, Turtle Creek Subdivision
Site Leader: Will Hederman
VOLUNTEERS: 2, TRASH TOTAL: 50 POUNDS


Pelahatchie Creek
Site Leader: Shanna Head and Amanda Griggs
VOLUNTEERS: 25, TRASH TOTAL: 307 POUNDS

Old Trace Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir
Site Leader: Jan Richardson, Keep Ridgeland Beautiful
VOLUNTEERS: 14, TRASH TOTAL: 225 POUNDS 

Lakeshore Park, Ross Barnett Reservoir   
Site Leader:  Gennifer Hankins, American Heritage Girls
Girl Scout Troop 2719, Cub Pack 576

VOLUNTEERS: 50 , TRASH TOTAL: 500 POUNDS

Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Dam
Site Leaders:  Todd Macko, Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Fishing Group
Troop 178 (Brandon)

VOLUNTEERS: 20, TRASH TOTAL: 2,750 POUNDS

Fannye Cook Natural Area
Site Leader: David Felder,  Wildlife Mississippi
VOLUNTEERS:  14, TOTAL TRASH:  1,092 POUNDS

LeFleurs Bluff State Park
Site Leader: Bryan Keller (Den Leader, Pack 305)
Boy Scout Troops 1 8, 12, Cub Pack 305
VOLUNTEERS: 35, TOTAL TRASH: 2,000

Belhaven Beach
Site Leaders: Andy Hilton and Claire Graves
Boy Scout Troop 8
VOLUNTEERS: 27, TRASH TOTAL:  4,000 POUNDS (including 56 tires)

Crystal Lake
Site Leaders: Chris Lockhart, Capital City Kayaks
Mindy Stevens, Hinds Community College, Raymond Campus, Honors College and PTK
VOLUNTEERS: 19, TRASH TOTAL: 2,500 POUNDS

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 (Boy Scout Troop 88, Clinton, MS), Paul Speyerer
​John Wilson (Trail Life MS 1031)
VOLUNTEERS:  34, TOTAL TRASH: 475 POUNDS

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: 1, TRASH TOTAL: 50 POUNDS

Columbia Water Park
Site Leader:  Shelly Blackard 
VOLUNTEERS: 9, TRASH TOTAL:  75 POUNDS

Hwy 98 Bridge, McComb, MS (Bogue Chitto River)
Site Leader: Barry Chance
Cub Scout Pack 170, Hammond
VOLUNTEERS: 7, TOTAL TRASH: 200 POUNDS

LA Upper Pearl River
Site Leader:  Representative Malinda White
LA Oceans

VOLUNTEERS: 9, TOTAL TRASH:  500 POUNDS

*SEPT 26-Lower West Pearl, Pearl River, LA 
Site Leader: Jessica Gauley, Honey Island Kayaks
Support: Canoe and Trail Adventures, St. Tammany Residential Waste, NTB National Tire & Battery
VOLUNTEERS: 52,  TRASH TOTAL:  3,785 POUNDS including 75 tires

*Sept 26-Walkiah Bluff, Picayune, MS
Site Leader: Jeremy Jenkins and TeamHookFinn
MSU Extension, Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, Southern Miss University
VOLUNTEERS: 30, TOTAL TRASH: 3,000 POUNDS

*Sept 26-Pearl River Turnaround
Site Leader:  Stacie Ponthier
VOLUNTEERS: 23, TOTAL TRASH: 3,810 POUNDS

*Sept 26-Port Bienville, Pearlington, MS
Site Leader:  Jessica Bryant, South Mississippi Kayak Fishing Club
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VOLUNTEERS: 15, TOTAL TRASH: 200 POUNDS

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