Cleanup at Holt

August 15, 2011 by  

Mike Clelland reports on the cleanup from August 10th through the 13th: There was a lot of debris from the April 27th tornado that swept through the Tuscaloosa and Holt communities that landed in the lake, especially Eagle Cove Marina which was completely destroyed. We spent a couple of days with Alabama Power volunteers, U. [...]

Bankhead 2010 and Winston Smith Lake

June 17, 2010 by  

Check out this report from Kellie Johnston with the Black Warrior Clean Water Partnership about the 2010 Bankhead clean-up. 75 people came out to remove 5.47 tons of trash from June 2 – 5. Photos in the report show large, heavy items recovered, lots of trash bags and volunteers working hard. Looks like even Old [...]

History of RoR

January 26, 2010 by  

Renew our Rivers is a testament to one man’s vision, beginning as a grass roots effort and growing to a nationally award winning program spanning four states. In August of 1999, Gene Phifer and a group of employees from Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden initiated a cleanup in the vicinity of Gadsden Steam Plant on the [...]