Nothing brings out the friends of the New River like a good ‘ol dirty, grimy, wet clean up! Throughout the spring and summer of 2011, NCNR and our watershed partners were out organizing clean ups throughout the watershed -- and we made heaps(!) of new friends while doing it. Apparently, people like an excellent excuse to get good and dirty and do something that helps their New River, too, because more than 625 volunteers turned out throughout the watershed in 2011. Check out the chart here that lists all the pounds and pounds we were able to remove with the help of hardy volunteers willing to get in boats, walk along shores, and get involved in helping to make the New River a better place to be for everyone.

2011 Clean Ups	Date	Mileage	Volunteers	Pounds	Tires	Events
Stone Mtn. Trout Unlimited	4/30	0.68	13	200	3
NRSP	6/22	2.95	15	1,000		4
NC North Fork	7/9	5.5	46	880	45
NC South Fork	9/10	30.4	155	6,460	108
Giles Ramps N Roads	3/26			3,000
Grayson New River	6/18	4.5	80	1,100	190
Wildlife and Conservation Club						5
Radford	8/6	1.15	23	1,000	7
Giles Fall Into the New	8/27	10	200	8,000	200
Foster Falls	9/17	7.4	20	1,000	10
Hinton Spring Litter	5/21	5.8	11	2,400	40
Hinton	8/13	3	9	2,850	50
Sandstone to Meadow Creek	9/25	4.25	10	2,750	42	7
Glade Creek to McCreery	9/27	6.5	6	1,350	9
Thayer to Stonecliff	9/28	4	7	2,340	26
Thayer to Stonecliff	10/4	4	8	2,610	25
McCreery-Stonecliff	10/6	4	6	1,300	36
Meadow Creek to Glade Creek	10/14	2	8	2,490	31
Meadow Creek to Glade Creek	10/18	3	8	1,820	91
TOTALS		99.13	625	42,550	913	16

FRIENDS WHO HELP CLEAN UP: Friends who loan us their bodies, their expertise, their equipment, their invaluable assistance and sponsorship:

In North Carolina:
New River State Park
Wahoo’s
Rivergirl
Zaloo’s
New River Outfitters
Rivercamp USA
Riverside Canoe and Tube Rental
New River Campground
Stone Mountain Trout Unlimited
NC Big Sweep

In Virginia:
New River Wildlife and Conservation Club
Grayson County Public Works
Riverside Outfitters
New River Trail State Park
Skyline Soil and Water Conservation District
Blue Cat on the New
Greasy Creek Outfitters
Draper Mercantile
New River Charter
New River Retreat
New River Trips LLC
Waste Industries
New River Watershed Roundtable
City of Radford
Tangent Outfitters
Radford University Recreation Department
ReNew the New Committee
Giles County Administration
New River Angler
New River’s Edge
New River Outdoor Company
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Giles Sheriff’s Department
Army Corps of Engineers
Giles County personnel
Clean Virginia Water Ways

In West Virginia:
ACE Adventure Resort
Friends of the Greenbrier River (FoLGR)
New River Gorge National Park Service
WV Department of Environmental Protection

Throughout the Watershed:
Carl Galie
American Rivers