An environmental non-profit group will be in Owensboro Saturday to help clean up the Ohio River.
Living Lands and Waters provides industrial strength cleanup with the use of barges, excavators, and tugboats. The organization pulls from the rivers everything from cans and plastic bottles to tires and appliances.
Programs Manager Tammy Becker says every cleanup is an eye-opening experience.
"Cleaning our rivers and keeping them clean are two different things, so by getting the volunteers out there to see firsthand how much stuff is out there, it creates a lot of public awareness," Becker told WKU Public Radio. "I guarantee there's not a single person that volunteers with us and later goes out and throws a piece of garbage out their car window or off the side of their boat."
Living Lands and Waters is still looking for volunteers to help with Saturday’s cleanup on the Ohio River. Those interested can register online at the group’s website.
The cleanup will begin at 9:00 a.m. and volunteers should report to the boat ramp at English Park in Owensboro.
