Volunteers clean Chattahoochee at state park – The Newnan Times-Herald

Volunteers pulled 560 pounds of trash out of the Chattahoochee River at Chattahoochee Bend State Park on Saturday, one of more than 200 clean- up events in the state that were part of Rivers Alive 2013.

There were 28 volunteers at Saturday’s event. Most worked from canoes or kayaks, with two cleaning from the bank.

There have been several cleanups held along the park’s river frontage in the past few years, and a lot of the larger debris has been removed. There were no shopping carts or refrigerators this time but there were lots of balls, a set of wooden steps, and a muddy Cabbage Patch doll.

Because of heavy growth along the banks and high water levels there hasn’t been many opportunities for shoreside cleanup.

There were plenty of volunteers for the event, said Steve St. Laurent, president of the Friends of Chattahoochee Bend State Park.

But he’s hoping for greater community involvement in the next few months as the friends group begins building new trails for the first time in a year-and-a-half.

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