Rivers Alive Cleanup Saturday

A yearly event taking place this weekend will focus on cleaning up the waterways of Stephens County.

The annual “Rivers Alive” clean-up takes place on Saturday in Stephens County from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful Executive Director Linda Scofield said this year, they are focusing on two different areas for their clean-up efforts instead of one.

“We have Yonah Dam and Panther Creek, which is what we always do, but then we have added on the boat ramp on U.S. 123 at the state line,” said Scofield. “We are hoping for a good turnout. We have T-shirts for everybody and pizza for lunch. It is going to be a good time.”

Scofield said people just need to come out dressed to work near the water and ready to help.

“I would suggest water shoes of some sort because we are doing the coastline and we would not want people to get wet, but other than that, we have the grabbers, trash bags, water,” said Scofield. “We are good to go.”

She explained that “Rivers Alive” is a statewide event that Stephens County participates in each year.

According to Scofield, the mission of “Rivers Alive” is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia’s water resources, which total around 70,000 miles of streams and rivers.

Again, this year’s “Rivers Alive” clean-up is on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Yonah Dam and Panther Creek and at the Stephens County Boat Ramp off of U.S. Highway 123.