Friends Of the River (F.O.R.) San Bernard takes pride in their river community by cleaning up every chance they get! When you turn left off of F.M. 2611 onto F.M. 2918, it won’t take long to see the “sign of the times”. It announces that Friends Of the River San Bernard has adopted the 2 miles of F.M. 2918 from F.M. 2611 to just above C.R. 868 for litter control.

For a minimum of the next 2 years (the term of the contract with Texas Dept. of Transportation), members of F.O.R. will have the opportunity to serve their river community and help make it a better place to live, work and play. How does this help the river? Well, if trash does not find its way into the river, F.O.R. won’t need to clean it out OF the river next spring.

Beginning June 1, 2007 through May 25, 2009 F.O.R. will:

•   Conduct or attend at least 2 safety meetings concerning the laws and regulations of the nature of the clean-up as may be required by the TxDOT District Engineer. Participants of each cleanup event MUST attend the safety meeting prior to helping clean up.
•   Pick up litter along this road way at least 4 times a year – approximately quarterly.
•   Will pick up traffic control signs, safety vests and trash bags from TxDOT and will use them at each clean-up and then return unused materials.
•    Bag trash collected in provided trash bags. Place them next to the adoption sign and call TxDOT to pick up after each event.
•    Will have a first aid kit at every event, have sufficient water for participants’ refreshment during the event, and provide adequate supervision for participants between the ages of 7 -15.

As part of their service to the community, TxDOT will:

• Erect 4’ x 4’ sign at each end of the adopted section with the Group’s name displayed.
•  Provide traffic control signs, safety vests, trash bags, and safety information.
• Remove filled trash bags the first work day after the clean-up event.
• Remove large, heavy or hazardous items that F.O.R. members cannot handle alone.

For more information, contact Pat Webb pat@sanbernardriver.com

 monitor www.sanbernardriver.com ( for clean up updates).