2013 Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up

Annual Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up set for July 10^th

The annual Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up will be held Wednesday, July 10^thfrom 5 to 8 p.m.out of Down’s Marina in Pierre.  Volunteers are needed to pick up litter and debris along the river.

Last yearduring the event nearly 5,000 pounds of debris was collected in three hours.  The annual clean-up is a collaborative partnership between the Central South Dakota Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited, the Izaak Walton League of America, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of Pierre, the U.S. Forest Service, and many area businesses and organizations.

The Lake Sharpe Clean Up takes a two pronged approach.  Volunteers work out ofboats or as ground based crews picking up trash from areas along the river.  The trash is then hauled to Down’s Marina and is sorted for proper disposal.

The Missouri River and Lake Sharpe is very important to the quality of life to people in this community.  This clean up provides those who care about the river a chance to give something back to this precious resource. 

In what has become a Lake Sharpe Clean up tradition,volunteers who participate are invited by South Dakota Walleyes Unlimited and the Izaak Walton League to a walleye fish fry following the clean up in Griffin Park near Down’s Marina.

If you, your organization, or business would like to volunteer, provide a boat, or donate anything to the 2013 Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up please contact:

Paul Lepisto

Izaak Walton League of America

224-1770 or 220-1219

plepisto@iwla.org

Or:

Bret Afdahl

SD Walleyes Unlimited

222-2972

bafdahl@hotmail.com