FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A free webinar will feature guest speakers from the world’s only industrial-strength river cleanup operation! The education team at Living Lands & Waters will share the story of its founder and CNN 2013 Hero of the Year, Chad Pregracke, and how him and his team have been successful at working with over 115,000 volunteers to remove close to 11 million pounds of trash from our nation’s rivers! Rachel and Mike will also share how their programming and operations have changed since COVID and what they look like moving forward.
Host Meghan Post, water quality agent in Washington County, will share the importance of nonpoint-source pollution awareness and successful methods used in her role in Northwest Arkansas. As a call to action, Post is hosting a cleanup on Spring Creek in Springdale from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20. Registration information is below: