The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, which leads the Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership, will host the 10th annual Spring Stream Cleanup on April 22 in Seguin and New Braunfels.
Community members and stakeholders are encouraged to participate in this event to preserve and protect their local watershed.
The event is free, but participants are asked to preregister at www.geronimocreek.org. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at The Big Red Barn, 390 Cordova Road, Seguin, or at Oak Creek Elementary School, 3060 Goodwin Lane, New Braunfels.
Both locations will provide breakfast tacos, coffee, event T-shirts, cleanup supplies and instructions on litter collection.
“When participants arrive at either launch site, they will have a brief orientation that includes safety guidelines and trash pick-up instructions,” said Annalee Epps, AgriLife Extension watershed coordinator, Bryan-College Station.
Visit the Geronimo Creek website for registration, location maps, cleanup guidelines and instructions. Contact Epps for additional information at 979-845-2862 or annalee.epps@ag.tamu.edu.
Impact of a decade of cleanup
Since the first cleanup held in 2013, volunteers with this event have removed over 23,000 pounds of trash from the roadways and creek banks in the area. Teams of volunteers from local businesses, churches and neighborhoods have made this impressive accomplishment possible, Epps said.
“Anyone interested in restoring and protecting the quality of Geronimo and Alligator creeks is invited to contribute to this year’s cleanup and become part of this important annual community tradition,” she said.
The Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership was established by local stakeholders in response to the elevated E. coli and concerns about water nitrate levels. The watershed protection plan, including cleanup events such as this, seeks to improve local water quality.
Funding for this effort is provided through a federal Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant administered by the Texas Soil and Water Conservation Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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