Please plan to do your part to clean-up; June is National Rivers Month

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Julia Strimer for the information in this story.)

Join American Rivers in Celebrating the 25th anniversary of National River Cleanup.

National River Cleanup (NRC) is a key initiative for American Rivers. Since its inception in 1991, NRC has engaged more than 1.3 million volunteers who have participated in thousands of cleanups across the country, covering more than 252,694 miles of waterways and removing more than 25 million pounds of litter and debris. In 2015 NRC registered 1,370 cleanups at locations nationwide using 46,448 volunteers who removed 2 million pounds of trash.

Throughout 2016, National River Cleanup will celebrate its 25th anniversary. As we move into this milestone year, we will be engaging more volunteers and supporters across the country in our efforts to both recognize our impact as well increase the number of river stewards giving back to their communities.

That piece of trash that you see on the sidewalk is likely to end up in your local stream or river. Every year, National River Cleanup volunteers pull tons of trash out of our rivers. Let’s stop some of that trash from getting in the river in the first place.

Pledge to pick up pieces of trash from your streets.

For more information, www.americanrivers.org/take-action/cleanup