May 8, 2010
Yankton Missouri River Clean-up 2010
Riverside Park Boat Ramp, Yankton, S.D.
On May 8th, 2010 Missouri River Relief once again joined forces with our friends in the Missouri National Recreational River to clean-up the stretch of river below Gavin's Point Dam. The event was hosted by Keep Yankton Beautiful and the National Park Service. After a cold & windy night, 100 volunteers showed up on Saturday to collect over two and half tons of trash along roughly three miles of Missouri River shoreline!
The day before, Friday, May 7th, about 260 students from five schools in South Dakota and Nebraska participated in the Watershed School Festival as part of the effort. That evening Missouri River Relief's Vicki Richmond gave a presentaion on "Trashology" at the YC Alumni Center at the Yankton Summit Center alongside Tim Cowman of the Missouri River Institute who presented on "Kayaking and Canoeing the Missouri River".
For more information on Keep Yankton Beautiful check out their website: www.keepyanktonbeautiful.org
