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37th Annual River & Road Clean Up
September 23, 2023
The date changed from Sept. 16 • READ EVENT DETAILS
Since 1986, volunteers for the SLV Annual River & Road Clean Up days have removed tons of trash and recycling from our rivers and roads throughout the San Lorenzo Valley. You’d think our environment would be pristine after these many annual clean-ups! But every year trash accumulates back into our forests and streams, threatening wildlife, ecosystems, and the watershed. We are fortunate to partner with Save Our Shores, which monitors the clean-up efforts to influence policy and increase awareness of how humans impact our environment.
The VWC invites you to join in on the Annual SLV Annual River & Road Clean Up and help in the effort to nurture our mountain habitat!
Trash and junk have built up along the River and its tributaries, so plan to join the 37th Annual SLV River & Road Clean Up on Saturday, September 23, from 9 AM to Noon. Organized by The Valley Women’s Club in conjunction with Save Our Shores’ Coastal Cleanup, you can come to Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, or Felton to check
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36th ANNUAL
SLV River & Road Clean Up 2022 Photos
River & Road Clean Up News
The 30th Annual SLV River & Road Clean Up was both successful and unusual. The number of children working to remove trash and recyclables from along the waterways outnumbered adults for the first time! More family groups and over 30 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts (including Troop 604, and Pack 654 in Felton, and Pack
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Al Haynes, first Watershed Analyst for the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, wrote a grant for the Water District to establish the first River & Road Clean Up thirty years ago. He reached out the the Valley Women’s Club to help him enlist volunteers and manage publicity. After the first year, the VWC coordinated the
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Over 100 volunteers participated in the 28th Annual River & Road Clean Up on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and hauled more than four tons of material out of the San Lorenzo River and nearby roads. “We had a really great day” said Paul Machlis, a volunteer who cleaned up in the Felton area. “The weather
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Help us get the word out about this important clean-up event! Press Release Printable color flyer (.pdf) Logo (.jpg) Web page – like it! Facebook Page – like it! SOS Map of all Santa Cruz County cleanup locations More information about the 2014 River & Road Clean Up Save Our Shores Annual Coastal Cleanup Day