October 2nd, 2010
photos by Alicia PiggTotal Volunteers: 380
MRR Crew: 50
Boats: 16 (4 Missouri River Relief, 3 Living Lands & Waters, 3 MDC, 2 EPA, 2 Rivermiles, 1 Burns & Mac, 1 Private)
River Miles: 11 (mm 348-359)
River Level: 19 feet
Landfill: 4.1 tons
Scrap Metal: 1.5 tons
Tires: 39 (.68 tons)
Total Tonnage: 6.28 Tons!
Stream Teams: 1875, 4083, 41, 3112,
Volunteer Groups Involved: Unilever, Coca-Cola, Cargill, UMKC Environmental Awareness Club & Environmental Science Classes, Shawnee Mission NW Highschool, Nativity Scouts 178 (Nativity of Mary School), Singles Available for Community Service (SACS), Audubon Society, MO Master Naturalists, Friends of the River - KC, Ozark Wilderness Waterways Club, Crossroads Church, BMCD, G.A.P. of Breakpoint Community Church, Kansas City Power & Light, Kansas City Water Services, Park University, Rockhurst, Platte River Paddlers, MO Stream Team, NLO Highschool, Rivermiles Llc
Names of River Teams: Fish Stix, Big Bad Red, Cougar 1 – 7, the Lipton Tea Bags, the Turd Burglars, Pocahontas, the 4th Floor, the Giant Fish, the Silver Carp, the Kangaroos, the Trashbusters, Fish out of Water, Cricket Teeth, River Rats, Pterodactyl, the River Turtles, Park University, River Gizzards, Rockhurst River Rats, Mark Twain, the Night Hawks, Thermal Inversion, the Cobras
Trash Tally!!!!
247 large Bags of Trash
39 Tires
12 chunks o’ Styrofoam
1 Foam Treetrunk
8 Coolers
7 Plastic Buckets
4 – 55-gallon Metal Drums
11 – 55-gallon Plastic Barrels
4 – 20-gallon barrels
4 Refrigerators
10 chunks o’ Plastic
1 – 8-foot PVC Pipe
1 Keg
1 Pig Pen?
10’ x 20’ honeycomb Landscaping Bank Stabilizer
4 Plastic Poles
1 Picnic Table
2 Buoys
5 Gas Cans
1 Paint Can
1 Plastic kid’s Slide
3 Propane Tanks
½ of a Couch
2 Chairs
1 Sheet Metal panel 4’x 8’
1 Steel Cable
1 T-Post
2 Showerwalls
1 - 8’ Florescent Bulb
1 Plastic Grenade
A whole Bunch of Balls
1 Syringe
1 Stereo Speaker
1 small Plastic Buffalo
1 plastic Hard Hat
1 unpermitted Landfill full of household trash
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