50,000 Volunteers in Forty-Five States Participate in National River Cleanup Week

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TO TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

50,000 Volunteers in Forty-Five States Participate in National River Cleanup Week

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, May. 4 -/E-Wire/-- Covering some 8000 miles of waterways, an estimated 50,000 participants will clean 350 sites in forty-five states during the tenth annual National River Cleanup Week, May 12-19, 2001. One of the largest groups, with an estimated 2000 volunteers taking part, The Friends of the Chicago River will clean numerous sites in and around Chicago during its annual "River Rescue" on May 12. Other large groups participating include Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR), the Peace River Cleanup Committee, Florida, and the Christina River Watershed Cleanup, Delaware. Cleanups range in size from five or ten volunteers to thousands.

One thousand volunteers have targeted 175 miles of Wisconsin waterways to clean during National River Cleanup Week. The state of Wisconsin has registered the largest number of cleanup groups at thirty. Pennsylvania and California follow the lead with twenty-eight and twenty cleanups, respectively.

From the inception of National River Cleanup Week in 1992, diverse groups have come together each year to cleanup and focus attention on their local waterways. Government agencies, paddle sports enthusiasts, outfitters, businesses, civic and conservation groups take part in the event. A variety of events occur as part of many of the community cleanups. Cookouts, canoe trips, raft trips, storm drain stenciling, and bank restoration are just a sampling. Groups that register their cleanups with National River Cleanup Week receive educational and promotional materials on conducting cleanups of waterways. Registration is free and groups that registered by the April 2nd, 2001 deadline received free official National River Cleanup Week trash bags. A video on How To Conduct and Organize a River Cleanup, narrated by former CBS News White House correspondent Bob Pierpoint, is available for $10.95.

America Outdoors, a trade association of outfitters and guides is the founder and sponsor of National River Cleanup Week. The Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service have provided agency support. American Rivers and American Whitewater are also supporters of National River Cleanup Week.

For more information visit the web site at http://www.americaoutdoors.org/nrcw/natao10.htm or contact the National River Cleanup Week / America Outdoors office, via phone at [REDACTED-PHONE], or email at [REDACTED-EMAIL].

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