Carleton College: Acting in the Community Together: Adopt-a-River

Adopt-a-River

40% of America's rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life.

Volunteers portage CANOE canoes to the Cannon River.

Volunteers get ready for a Saturday clean-up.

While most trash is smaller, like bottles, cans, and wrappers, some trash is a bit larger, like household appliances.

Some volunteers work from canoes, while others walk the shoreline of the Cannon.

Pollution!

Program Director:
Amy Alstad '09, alstad@carleton.edu
Arboretum and Northfield Community
Periodic Commitment

Adopt-a-River is a program that works in collaboration with SOPE (Student Organization for the Protection of the Environment) to help clean up trash in and along Northfield’s Cannon River bi-annually (once each in fall and spring terms). The Cannon River is in need of this service because it flows right through a residential area and picks up a large amount of trash along the way.

Clean-up date for Fall '08: Sunday, October 12, 11:00 am

Visit SOPE's website at: https://apps.carleton.edu/student/orgs/sope/