One of our biggest committments as a Riverkeeper organization is to help keep our local waterways clean. Each year we hold five major clean ups; one in honor of Earth Day, and then four as part of our Tour de Trash river clean up series. We have a fleet of canoes and kayaks that we provide to participants to use for clean ups.  

Tour de Trash takes participants to the four corners of our rivers, giving them a view of all of the different sides of our rivers. This year, the Tour de Trash clean ups will encompass Queens Creek in Swansboro, the Quarry Lakes in Maysville, a section of the New River running through Sneads Ferry and part of the New River running through Jacksonville. Besides cleaning up litter and trash, our hope is to bring as many new people as possible to the rivers through these efforts. These clean ups are a great way to help educate about the public about issues and threats our rivers face, but also teach them how to take care of their waters and introduce them to healthy, enviromentally sensitive recreation on the rivers.

Join us for one of our upcoming Tour de Trash clean ups! They will be held on the third Saturday of the month in the summer months and September. Sign up at our Events page.