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Volunteers needed for
today’s cleanup
Published April 28,
2007
Friends of the River San
Bernard is looking for old and new friends
who are ready to help with the annual spring
cleaning of the San Bernard River from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Volunteers should
bring their boats, bug spray, sunscreen,
gloves and a willingness to help to one of
the five collection sites along the 26 miles
of river due for a spring cleaning.
These sites are: the Hanson Riverside County
Park at Highway 35, the public boat ramps at
FM 521, FM 2611 and the end of FM 2918, and
2J’s Café and Marina off FM 2918. At these
sites, volunteers can sign a release form
and get a Clean-Team T-shirt, some trash
bags and a beverage. There will be an
appreciation dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. at the
Taylor home, 2909 CR 604.
More than 100 people have committed to help
clean up the everyday trash such as plastic
bags, drink cans and Styrofoam containers
that ends up in the river. About 7,000
pounds of heavy debris, including old tires,
refrigerators and washing machines, already
were removed from the river April 20 and
Monday.
More people to clean equals more trash out
of the river. Every friend’s help makes the
river a better place to live, play or work.
During the event, officials from the
Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department;
Brazoria County Engineer’s office,
Environmental Health division; Texas Parks
and Wildlife Law Enforcement division and
Fisheries Management; and the San Bernard
National Wildlife Refuge will be on the
river to help out and keep the river safe
for volunteers cleaning the banks.
Sincere thanks go out to BEARS
(owner/operator Kenny McGehee), who donated
the use of the Dumpsters for the cleanup;
Republic Waste (Steve Carroll) which donated
the disposal of the debris for the cleanup,
and 2J’s Café and Marina which allowed us to
put a large Dumpster on their property for
this event. Thanks also goes to
ConocoPhillips, which donated the T-shirts
and the trash bags, and to Brazoria City
Councilman Terry Brown, who donated cases of
water for the event.
To sign up, call David Pope at (979)
798-6251 or go to sanbernardriver.com and
click on the Spring Clean 2007 tab.
See you on the river!
Jan Edwards is a resident of Brazoria.
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