Trash Blast | Forest Service Road 1901

USDA Shawnee National Forest Service, Friends of the Shawnee, and the Illinois Extension will be partnering to host our annual fall Trash Blasts! They will happen on the first Friday of every month from September through November from 1 pm to 3 pm at various locations in the Shawnee National Forest. This time we will be meet at Iron Furnace and carpool up to Forest Service Road 1901, where there are tons of trash waiting to be removed. Please be aware that there are steep ravines that love to collect trash. However, you can join a team that covers a more flat area.

During Trash Blasts we will break into small teams of volunteers to collect litter from selected sites. We find items as large as mattresses to tiny micro trash. No matter what we find, we try to remove it to help restore the area to its natural state.

Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring their leather work gloves. If you do not have leather gloves, we can help provide them for you. Trash receptacles and grabbers will be provided for volunteers during the trash blast. This event is limited to 30 participants.

If you want to learn more about this program or need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Anne Townsend at Y3VwcXVha2UgfCBpbGxpbm9pcyAhIGVkdQ==. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting access needs.
To register: go.illinois.edu/TrashBlaster

You may also like the following events from University of Illinois Extension - AJMPU Unit:

• Next Saturday, 23rd August, 10:00 am, Snake Road Sentinels Fall Workshop in Jonesboro
• Next month, 5th September, 01:00 pm, Trash Blast | Iron Mountain in Cobden
• This October, 3rd October, 01:00 pm, Trash Blast | Dutchman Lake in Buncombe

Also check out other Meetups in Elizabethtown.