It was a resounding success, and over the course of the four-hour event, 135 vehicles visited and dropped off more than 1330 tires.  These tires will be disposed of responsibly, with as many being recycled as possible.  Potential future uses include road surface material, arena footing material, and tire derived fuel for industrial boilers, among […]

Free Tire Disposal at Orange County Landfill on Saturday June 16, 2018 from 8am-12noon Orange County Landfill   11530 Porter Road, Orange, VA To help with the growing problem of tire accumulation and improper disposal, the Orange County Landfill, the Orange County Litter Control Committee and StreamSweepers have organized a FREE Tire Recycling Day. Orange County […]

The Mattaponi River Clean-up Youth Job Training and Employment Program will offer many benefits to Caroline County including stewardship, job training and environmental awareness for the young adults employed.  Removal of trash and an inventory report will enhance the Mattaponi as resource for the community and offer additional opportunities to leverage this resource.  StreamSweepers will […]

During the summer of 2016 we uncovered more than 25 sites with trash too large to be floated out in our canoes in the three rivers we cleaned; the Hughes, Rapidan and Robinson Rivers.  Thanks to the generous support we received many of these items – culverts, extra heavy tires,  storage tanks, dangerous metal objects and […]

  Restoration on the Rappahannock – Culpeper Star Exponent Feature Article Sunday August 27, 2017 [pdf-embedder url=”http://streamsweepers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Culpeper-Star-Exponent-File-1.pdf” title=”Culpeper Star Exponent File 1″] [pdf-embedder url=”http://streamsweepers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Culpeper-Star-Exponent-File-2.pdf” title=”Culpeper Star Exponent File 2″]  

StreamSweepers Healing Rivers, People Across Virginia When Jeanine Meerscheidt lost her son Brandon in a tragic climbing accident in Grayson Highlands State Park earlier this year, she also lost a part of herself.  She has now found her healing path along the banks of the Rappahannock River. “This is filling the hole that is left […]

The following series of photos gives you an idea of the effort that it takes to remove some of the trash from our rivers.  At the heads of islands in these rivers you will often find a bulwark of downed trees that look alot like a large pile of “pixie sticks”.  They catch all kinds […]

Friends of the Rappahannock  (FOR) and Virginia Outdoor Center (VOC) We’re excited to be working on the Rappahannock River this year and appreciate all the hard work that Friends of the Rappahannock  and the Virginia Outdoor Center have done over the years to care for this river.  We hope that our efforts to assess and […]