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Help keep our rivers clean at Confluence Trash Bash 2010
Volunteers hunt for litter along the Missouri River at the 2009 Confluence Trash Bash. This year's clean-up is scheduled for March 27. Credit: Dan Zarlenga, MDC
During 2009, volunteers for the organization Missouri River Relief removed an astounding 57 tons of trash from the Missouri River and her tributaries. That included 636 tires, 370 bags of recyclables, 11 refrigerators and a very long list of other items that have absolutely no business being in our waterways.
When you consider that North County borders two major rivers, each fed by numerous smaller streams, it should be no surprise that littered waterways are a big concern here. That’s why several local groups have come together to sponsor the Confluence Trash Bash, a day when volunteers just like you can help to clean up sites all over NoCo.
Hosted by Trailnet, the Confluence Partnership and Metropolitan Sewer District, this year’s event will tackle trash pick-up along the Mississippi and Missouri as well as at various locations in Maline Creek and Cold Water Creek. You can volunteer to work from either the water or the land, and everyone who participates gets free lunch.
To keep things fun, trash artists will also be on hand to create recycled art from some of the objects found, and prizes will be awarded for the largest, weirdest and most valuable items discovered during the pick-up.
If you’d like to sign up, you can register here. The 2010 Confluence Trash Bash will be held Saturday, March 27, from 8:30am to 12:30pm. Crews will meet at the Chain of Rocks Bridge and spread out from there.
A view of NoCo from the Confluence
The great Missouri River, flowing swiftly past the northeastern border of North County. Breathtaking even on a cloudy day.
In my opinion, St. Louis has done a dreadful job of showcasing one of its finest features: the mighty Mississippi River. Approach the river on 90% of the local shoreline and you’ll find a dismal, dirty view of factories and other commercial operations. That’s if you can even get near the water.
St. Louis has this amazing natural wonder right at its doorstep and you’d barely even know it’s there. That’s why I think we NoCo residents should count our lucky stars, because North County is the best place in St. Louis to experience the Mississippi.
It also offers a front row seat to the Missouri River and one of nature’s most awesome displays – the confluence of two of the grandest rivers in North America. As if that’s not cool enough, you can view the Mississippi/Missouri confluence either from NoCo, at the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, or looking at NoCo, from the Ted & Pat Jones Confluence Point State Park in West Alton.
Are you getting ready for the big day? NOCO is a proud sponsor of the 3rd annual Live Well Ferguson 5K