Nashville's Largest Water Cleanup (May 3rd!) Volunteers needed! (Percy Priest Lake / Nashville Shores)
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Date: 2008-04-08, 2:45PM CDT
Hi,
I'm Emilee Warner with Nashville's WRLT Lightning 100 and Team Green. We are recruiting volunteers (hopefully over 1,000) for our huge event taking place May 3rd. We will be based out of Nashville Shoes and be heading out to the islands at Percy Priest Lake for a major litter cleanup. This will be the largest water cleanup in Nashville's history! Kathy Mattea will also give a free concert to the volunteers that evening. Full details are below, but please log on and register to volunteer and pass the word along to your neighbors, friends, family, and colleagues!
Cheers,
Emilee Warner
What: * FREE * THE LARGEST WATER CLEANUP IN NASHVILLE HISTORY.
Percy Priest Lake’s 24 islands and 213 miles of shoreline are grossly polluted. The Corps of Engineers estimates as much as 200 tons of trash tops the islands, and a hundred times more has fallen to the bottom of the lake. This FREE city-wide cleanup is expected to be the single, largest water clean up project in Nashville history. Collecting waste & debris left year-round by recreationalists who threaten the very nature they cherish, with a free show by Grammy winning singer Kathy Mattea. More info and registration @ www.CleanPercyPriest.org.
When: Saturday, May 3rd
8:00 am to 4 pm -- several options for volunteering in three-hour increments.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED @ www.CleanPercyPriest.org.
Who: Bridgestone Americas is partnering with Team Green, the Corps of Engineers, and the Cumberland River Compact to organize a city-wide clean-up of polluted islands on Percy Priest Lake with a team of as many as 1,000 volunteers and major recording artist Kathy Mattea.
Other partners include thinkMEDIA, Nashville Shores, Elm Hill Marina, Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Metro Beautification, Metro Public Works, Metro Water, Artistic Flow, Hands On Nashville, & local marinas.
Where: Volunteers will meet at Nashville Shores waterpark and be shuttled in strategic fashion to identified islands. Nashville Shores will also be the staging area for a garbage barge and dumpsters that will serve as key visuals for comprehensive media coverage. VIPs and Media will access the events easily via Elm Hill Marina just across the southern tip of the lake.
Why: Percy Priest Lake’s islands and shoreline accumulate tons of human-imposed debris every season. The metals and plastics leach chemicals into the water and threaten the habitat for aquatic species and birds in Tennessee and beyond – it is conceivable that Percy Priest trash could flow all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and into the Dead Zone. Cleaner islands and shoreline will improve habitat and water quality, reduce mosquito breeding and populations of scavenger species (crows, squirrels, pigeons, rats) and provide more enjoyable recreation for all. News media covered this issue in 2007’s high season but neither a solution nor cleanup has been organized. Springtime, before boating season begins, is the ideal time to mobilize education efforts. This is planned as a seasonal clean-up.
- Location: Percy Priest Lake / Nashville Shores
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