Great Suwannee River Clean-up

Come out and help the NACD and Current Problems with the Great Suwannee River Cleanup! Current Problems had its first Suwannee River Cleanup last year and with the help of over 500 volunteers was able to remove almost 30,000 pounds of trash from the river and its banks. Current Problems is hosting the 2nd Great Suwannee River Cleanup and the NACD will be right there helping!  In addition to helping out with this year's cleanup, the NACD has also donated money to Current Problems and is now one of their business partners.

 Current Problems is kicking off this year’s event on Saturday September 10 from 10am to 2pm at Ivey Memorial Park in Branford, FL (the Branford boat ramp). The NACD will be there to help kick off the event. There will be a band and food and a great opportunity to meet other volunteers and just have fun! On Sunday September 11, we will head over to Rock Bluff Ramp where we'll be staging our clean up. We have adopted 13.5 miles of the river from Hart Springs ramp to Rock Bluff ramp, with 3 other ramps along that stretch of river.

 This is where you come in. We need volunteers to make this effort a success! We will have our own cook out and we’ll also be giving away prizes to those who collect the most trash and the most unusual trash on the 11th! Make sure you bring your families! You don’t have to be a diver to participate in the clean up. We are committed to cleaning the river and the banks. If you have a river boat or canoe, bring it, too! We'll have some river boats there, but we can’t clean up 13.5 miles by ourselves. Bring yours, too!

 Can’t make it on the 11th? That’s okay. The 11th is just when the NACD is kicking off our participation in this. We will continue to work on cleaning up our stretch of river over the next couple of months. Just contact me at conservation@safecavediving.com for information on where we have already cleaned and what still needs to be cleaned. We’ll also let you know where you can pick up supplies and where you can drop off the trash. Make sure you take photos of your trash because we will award additional prizes for the most trash collected and the most unusual trash at the NACD Annual Seminar on November 12 in Gainesville! And get in those photos with the trash because you just might see yourself on the NACD website and quarterly journal! Don’t miss out on this chance to help keep our springs and rivers clean and to show everyone that we, as cave divers, are contributing members of our communities!  

Can’t wait to see you there! 

Rob Neto

NACD Conservation Chair

conservation@safecavediving.com