Adopt A River
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Eight Lansing-area
schoolchildren were honored for their award-winning
environmental posters at a ceremony during the annual Spring 2008
Adopt A River Day. |
The 2006 Adopt A River Spring Cleanup provided a unique fishing outing for volunteers from First Presbyterian Youth Group, who worked as a team to skillfully snare these river trophies. |
Lansing’s Adopt A River program was organized by the BWL in 1994 to restore pride in one of our area’s great natural resources.
Adopt A River encourages businesses, unions, schools and civic groups to adopt sections of the Grand and Red Cedar Rivers and to keep their banks and nearby areas clean and free from litter. Numerous groups are currently signed on as adopters of sections of the two rivers.
 The BWL continues to provide support for Adopt A River. Two general river cleanup days are organized each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. Everyone is invited to join these efforts and take part in a picnic lunch along the Grand River following the cleanup.
In 2006, the BWL began a new partnership with Impression 5 Science Center to coordinate the Adopt A River program. River cleanup headquarters is now located at Impression 5 Science Center along the Riverwalk at 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. The partnership will provide new opportunities to broaden and enhance the program, including free admission to Impression 5 Science Center the day of river cleanups for Adopt A River volunteers. Impression 5 will focus its Super Saturday exhibits on learning about ecology and the environment on those days.
Since the program began, Adopt A River volunteers have cleared literally tons of litter and junk from our rivers and river banks. Adopt A River volunteers are a major reason why these Lansing resources are being returned to their natural beauty.
For more information or to sign up for the next river cleanup, please call:
Erik Larson, Impression 5 Science Center, 485-8116 ext. 43.
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