2009.09.04
Radford to host New River Cleanup Day Sept. 19
Radford will host “A New River Cleanup Day” at 10 a.m. September 19 with combination of canoes and people on foot will pick up trash, according to a release sent out by the city.
The event will start at Bisset Park in the Tangent Outfitters parking lot/Dudley’s Landing area. If you have access to a canoe, bring it and wear close-toed shoes and clothes that can get wet and dirty.
Trash bags and gloves will be provided. A limited number of canoes will be provided by Tangent Outfitters and Claytor Lake Water Sports so advance reservations are requested. For more information, contact Deb Cooney at 267-3153 or dcooney@radford.va.us or NCNR’s Courtney Wait at 336-982-6267.
The event is sponsored by the National Committee for the New River. According to the press release, the group "coordinates and sponsors many volunteer activities that provide hands-on opportunities to make the New River watershed a better place. Each year, groups of volunteers organize cleanups on the New River throughout Virginia, pulling tons of trash from the river and its tributaries. Cleanups are organized in partnership with community groups and NCNR.
The mission of NCNR is to advocate for successful protection of the New River, to restore eroding river and stream banks and enhance riparian habitat, and to permanently protect land along the river. NCNR works in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia’s New River watershed. The organization has protected nearly 5,000 acres of land important to water quality, scenic and natural values, and has restored more than 66 miles of river and stream bank."
