The City of Toledo is leading a new project through U.S EPA’s Trash Free Waters program to collect potential marine trash and install trash capture devices in the water at several locations near Toledo. The City has recruited a team of community organizations, including TMACOG, University of Toledo, Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, and us- Partners for […]
Mark your calendars for the Silver Anniversary of Clean Your Streams Day! Since 1997, the number of volunteers on Clean Your Streams Day has grown each year and the support for this event has gotten stronger and stronger. The 25th Anniversary of Clean Your Streams will be happening the week of September 18th- September 25th, […]
For 25 years generous donors, like you, have made Clean Your Streams Day possible. Every cent, every dollar, donated to Clean Your Streams Day has been put to work removing over 360,000 pounds of trash in the last 25 years. We need your help to make this year impactful. We ask that you help celebrate […]
It’s GLO time in August! Get the Lead Out registration is open. Come help remove fishing lines & lures from the Maumee River. Three dates in August are open for registration. Tuesday, August 3rd from 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Sunday, August 15th from 2:00 pm- 4:30 pm Wednesday August 25th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 […]
Microplastics are plastics that are less than 5 mm in size and a lot about them is unknown. Research has shown that microplastics can cause physical harm to wildlife when ingested. Microplastics can absorb other chemicals such as trace metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, and some pathogens. Initial research has also suggested that plastic additives […]
It takes thousands of dollars and countless hours of work to help keep our waterways clean and safe. We are so grateful and humbled by the community support we have received in the past, but our reality is, we need your help to assist our efforts for our community. Your donation will impact our waterways […]
Mark your calendars, save the date, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftop, the 25th Anniversary of Clean Your Streams Day is here! Since 1997, the number of volunteers on Clean Your Streams Day has grown each year and the support for this event has gotten stronger and stronger. We are excited that not […]
It’s GLO time! Get the Lead Out registration is open. Three dates in July are open for registration. July 10th at 9:00 am – 11:30 am July 15th at 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm July 25th at 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Locations are still to be determined as we are constantly assessing river conditions […]
Not everyone gets excited about sitting on Zoom for several hours for four days discussing how to run a non-profit organization dedicated to clean rivers. But we sure were! We were excited to participate and share our stories at the second virtual River Rally. We had the chance to join professional river experts and learn […]
After 20 years of investigations of the sediment on Otter Creek’s creek bed and its stream and ecological conditions, we are excited to share that U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineer’s Otter Creek Project started in April 2021. This project is in the process of removing 1.7 miles of contaminated sediments in the […]