Lake Wylie Riversweep!

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Mark your calendars and come help clean up our river!

What
  • River Clean Up
When Oct 02, 2010
from 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM
Where Lake Wylie
Contact Name
Contact Phone 704-679-9494
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Riversweep 2008

9th Annual Lake Wylie

RIVERSWEEP


Get started NOW by preregistering atwww.lakewylieriversweep.com

 

Saturday, October 2, 2010

9 AM until 12 PM with after party until 3 PM

 

Join friends, neighbors and co-workers for the annual Clean Up of Lake Wylie.

Volunteer one morning out of the year to care for this beautiful lake and the area’s inlets, creeks and coves.

 

Just report to one of the following locations by 9 AM and we’ll get you started! 

You’ll receive trash bags, work gloves, water, a Riversweep T-shirt and an area to work. 

No boat needed to participate, but if you do have a boat, please consider bringing it and being a boat captain.

 

Riversweep Volunteer Clean Up Sites:

 

•  Allison Creek Access

 

•  Gaston Wildlife, Southpoint

•  Buster Boyd Bridge Access

 

•  Harbortown Marina

•  Copperhead Island

 

•  River Hills Marina

•  Dales’s Landing, Belmont

 

•  Seven Oaks Bridge-SC side

•  Ebenezer Park, Rock Hill

 

•  Tailrace Marina, Tuckaseegee Rd., Mt. Holly

•  Tega Cay Marina


 

 

 


 Don’t forget your sunscreen, hat and sturdy shoes.  Prepare to get dirty!

From 9 AM to 12 noon, the Riverkeeper Barge, donated by Edwards Grading, will travel from the Lake Wylie Dam to Buster Boyd Bridge to collect trash from boats.

 After 12 noon, come to Buster Boyd Bridge Access to unload boats, barges and trailers.  Then, all registered volunteers enjoy a free lunch.  Plus, there will be

5 grand prize drawings, live music and exhibits until 3 PM.

For more information call: 704∙679∙9494

 

Sponsored by:

              Lake Wylie Covekeepers                                                 T-Bone’s on the Lake                                            Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation                                          Lake Wylie Marine Commission                                               

If you do have a boat and would like to volunteer to be a boat captain, please let us know!

   

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Help protect your River! 

Tell your Riverkeeper if you see:

  • Sewage Overflows
  • Failure to control sediment from construction sites
  • Illegal clearing of buffer areas
  • Fish kills 
  • Invasive aquatic species
  • Exceeding Pollution Limits
  • Discharges exceeding allowable limits
  • Unpermitted discharges
  • Other issues that concern you

Click here to fill out a pollution report or

Call 1-888-679-9494 or 704-679-9494 (ext. 3)

How to contact your NC Legislator

Sometimes you just can't get the action that is needed to protect our water without contacting your legislator.  To find out who represents you in the North Carolina legislature and how to contact them, click here.

 
421 Minuet Ln Ste 205 . Charlotte, NC 28217-2784 . Phone: 704.679.9494 . Fax: 704.679.9559