Greening Austin Daily

Cleaning up Lady Bird Lake

21st June, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

Check out this KUT article about Lady Bird Lake cleanups, which states:

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has a lot of people thinking about water pollution, but you don’t have to go to the Gulf to help clean America’s coasts.

Bill Morris is with the Surfrider Foundation. He helps organize clean ups of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin. On Sunday he was out with volunteers filling trash bags with floating litter.

“All the rivers and streams in Texas drain ultimately into the Gulf of Mexico,” said Morris, “and since we’re trying to protect the coast here, this is a great place to start.”

The Surfrider Foundation is just one group that has joined the nonprofit Keep Austin Beautiful to organize the cleanup every two months.

The article notes that the next cleanup is August 14th

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