Upper Mackinaw River Cleanup

Help us in supporting our friends as we join Central Illinois Kayaking and Floating and the Friends of EverBloom to help clean up the Mackinaw River. This will be the first of two planned Mackinaw River cleanups this year. Interested volunteers should meet at 9AM on Saturday June 21 at the Main parking lot at Parklands Merwin Preserve (West Gate). Volunteers will be split into two general groups. One group will be working on shore only cleaning up Mackinaw canoe/kayak launch sites near Lexington and Hudson. We anticipate that this group will be done around noon. A second group will focus on cleaning up the river starting at Parklands Merwin Preserve and moving downstream. This group will use canoes and kayaks for the clean-up. The on-river cleanup will be physically challenging and will involve pulling trash and tires from the river and loading into boats. We anticipate finishing sometime in the afternoon. As of now, you will need to bring your own canoe/kayak.
Lunch, gloves, and trash bags will be provided. Rain date will be Sunday, June 22.

You may also like the following events from Peoria Riverkeeper:

• Next month, 13th July, 10:00 am, Native American River Blessing in Chillicothe
• This August, 8th August, 02:00 pm, Kickapoo Creek Fest in Peoria

Also check out other Sports events in Gridley, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Gridley.