What:    Renew Our Rivers Smith Lake (Winston County) Cleanup

When:   June 18-19 9:30 a.m. to noon

Where:    Clear Creek Recreation Area

To Volunteer:    Contact Allison Cochran at 205-489-5111

For an up-to-date listing of Renew Our Rivers cleanups scheduled in 2014, please visit RenewOurRivers.com  or go to AlabamaPower.com and click on “Lakes & Recreation.”

Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to more than 1.4 million customers across the state. 

Renew Our Rivers Fact Sheet

Smith Lake community cleanup 

•    First community cleanup: 2005
•    Total trash removed: 3,130 tons
•    Total volunteers: More than 1,000
•    2013 trash removed 51,500 pounds
•    2013 volunteers: More than 90

Renew Our Rivers 15th Year 

•    First community cleanup: 2000
•    Southeast state impact: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
•    Total trash removed: More than 13.5 million pounds
•    Alabama trash removed: More than 10.5 million pounds
•    Alabama volunteers: More than 56,000
•    2013 Alabama trash removed: More than 380,000 pounds
•    2013 Alabama volunteers: More than 5,700
•    2014 Alabama trash removed to date: 68,000 pounds
•    2014 Alabama volunteers to date: More than 1,450

 
2014 Renew Our Rivers schedule

 
*Jan. 18: Lay Lake Cleanup Classic
Contact: Kay Donaldson at 855-934-7425

*Feb. 15: Alabama River
Contact: John-Paul O’Driscoll at 334-358-6749 or Theodis Williams at 334-872-9554

*Feb. 22: Alabama River (Lower)
Contact: Jason Haynes at 334-682-4244

*March 8: Lake Eufaula (Chattahoochee River)
Contact: Brad Moore at 334-616-7888

March 15: Lake Seminole (Chattahoochee River)
Contact: Melanie Rogers at 334-814-4673

*March 21-22: Logan Martin (Coosa River)
Contact: Justin Hogeland at 205-516-4595

March 29: Chattahoochee River (Gordon Boat Landing)
Contact: Melanie Rogers at 334-814-4673

April 1-3: Plant Barry (Mobile River)
Contact: David Griffin at 251-829-2736

April 5: Lay Lake at E.C. Gaston Steam Plant (Coosa River)
Contact: Byron Corina at 205-669-8310

*April 5: Cahaba River (upper)
Contact: Kristen Self at 205-368-5516, 
email: kself@shelbyed.k12.al.us

April 12: Cahaba River (lower)
Contact: Paula Fancher, email: pffancher@gmail.com or cahabafriends@gmail.com

April 12: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River)
Contact: Lee Poe at (205) 389-2480 or Dale Vann at 
205-979-5559 or 205-910-3713 (cell)

*April 14-19: Lay Lake (Coosa River)
Contact: Judy Jones at 205-669-4865

April 18: Yates and Thurlow (Tallapoosa River)
Contact: Joel Johnston at 334-283-1054

*April 26: Lake Jordan (Coosa River)
Contact: Barbara Dreyer at 334-567-7551, 
email: lakejordanhobo.org

April 29-May 1: Lake H. Neely Henry (Coosa River)
Contact: Lisa Dover at 256-549-0900

May 9: Gorgas Steam Plant (Mulberry Fork)
Contact: Bruce Williams at 205-668-2324 or Justin Brown at 
205-686-2321

                                                                                
May 10: Weeks Bay
Contact: Michael Shelton at 251-928-9792,
email: michael.shelton@dcnr.alabama.gov

*May 19-20: Smith Lake (Walker County)
Contact: John Kubitskas at 205-384-5415

May 31: Bankhead Lake (Black Warrior River)
Contact: Jason Ledbetter at 205-553-9373

*June 6: Smith Lake (Cullman County)
Contact: Eddie Hand at 256-287-1545

*June 18-19: Smith Lake (Winston County)
Contact: Allison Cochran at 205-489-5111

Aug. 9: Holt Lake (Black Warrior River)
Contact: Jason Ledbetter at 205-553-9373

Aug. 9: Upper Tallapoosa River
Contact: Lex Brown at 256-239-6399

Aug. 23: Valley Creek
Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd

Sept. 6: H. Neely Henry (Calhoun County)
Contact: Haley Gregg at 256-237-3536

Sept. 18-20: Village Creek
Contact: Dr. Mable B. Anderson at 205-798-0087

Sept. 12: Plant Miller (Locust Fork)
Contact: Wesley Hicks at 205-438-1399

Sept. 19: Smith Lake (Cullman County)
Contact: Eddie Hand at 256-287-1545

*Oct. 9: Smith Lake (Winston County)
Contact: David Brown, email: dwbrown35053@gmail.com

Oct. 10-11: Lake Demopolis
Contact: Jennifer Cassity at 251-238-1921 or 334-289-6135

*Oct. 18: Lake Eufaula (Chattahoochee River)
Contact: Brad Moore at 334-616-7888

Oct. 22-25: R.L. Harris (Tallapoosa River-Lake Wedowee)
Contact: Shelia Smith at 205-396-5093

Nov. 1: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River)
Contact: Lee Poe at 205-389-2480 or Dale Vann at 205-979-5559 or 205-910-3713 (cell)

Nov. 7-8: Lake Martin (Tallapoosa River)
Contact: John Thompson at 334-323-7880 or Norm White at
 256-307-1052, email: normwhite@rocketmail.com 
* These cleanups provide volunteer hours for student-anglers participating in the Service Hours Grant Program
   through the Alabama Bass Trail and the Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association.