Chinquapin Park - Photo By Roberta Cowan

Loveton Business Ctr. - Photo by Mike Pieper

Project Clean Stream is an annual April stream clean up held in Central and Eastern Maryland. Thank you and congratulations to all of our hard-working 2009 Project Clean Stream volunteers! Project Clean Stream efforts were extended to one site in Accomac, VA and Sussex County, DE. Results from 156 clean-ups sites included 2,638 volunteers who cleaned-up more than 320,310 pounds of trash, making 2009 our most successful clean-up yet!

Interesting items found include a toboggan, a wooden foot bridge, a skate board ramp, a NO DUMPING sign, a motorized scooter, a terrarium, inflated exercise ball, an exercise bench, post office crates, a small compressor, a dishwasher and hundreds of tires.

Project Clean Stream 2010 is slated for the first Saturday in April.

Volunteer: Click here for more details on volunteering for Project Clean Stream 2010, or contact the Alliance at (410) 377-6270 or vstinson@acb-online.org.

Find a Site: CleanStream sites 09

Donate: Click here to learn more about donation and sponsorship opportunities.

History: Since its inception in the Jones Falls watershed (by Irvine Nature Center) over 30 years ago, this annual event has grown from a local trash pick up to encompass about 100 sites around Maryland. New sites are brought on each year as we expand. Partners include local watershed associations, who help coordinate volunteers and sites in their region, and local government staff, who coordinate trash removal by providing dumpsters or curb-side pickup. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay acts as umbrella coordiantor, ordering supplies, helping to recruit volunteers, staging site captain meetings, arranging for trash pick-up, and filling in any gaps where needed.

Additional Clean-ups:

• The 2009 Project Clean Stream date will coincide with Baltimore City's Shape Up Parks event. For details contact Recreation and Parks staff at 410 396 7837.
• Folks in the Patuxent River watershed are encouraged to participate in the Patuxent River Clean up, also on the first Saturday in April. Contact Lauren Webster at 301-249-8200 or visit www.cleanpatuxent.org for more information.
• Those in the Upper Western region may want to assist at the Lower Susquehanna River Sweep; contact Nancy Clark at 410-642-9322 or e-mail susquehannagreenway@direcway.com
• Finally, DC area volunteers are encouraged to participate in the Alice Ferguson Foundation's Potomac Clean up, also in April.

Number of Volunteers to Date: 2638

Number of Volunteer Hours: 3