HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. -- HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Tourism Association are seeking volunteers to pitch in on Sept. 9 during the 54th Annual Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Cleanup.
The marinas will not be participating and there will be no gatherings, check in stations or meals provided. Volunteers wanting to continue the lake cleanup tradition are asked to report their cleaning location to the Greers Ferry Lake Project Office at (501) 362-2416.
Trash bags and other cleanup activity supplies can be picked up at the USACE park gatehouses located at Choctaw, Sugarloaf, Narrows, Devils Fork, Shiloh, Cove Creek, JFK, Old 25, Dam Site and Heber Springs Recreation area. Volunteers can pick up supplies between 8 a.m. and noon on Sept. 9 and should take their bagged trash to a dumpster in one of the parks.
Day Use fees will be waived for those participating the day of the event.
Please remember to always wear your life jacket when on or near water.
For more information contact the Greers Ferry Lake Project Office at (501) 362-2416.
Recreation information can be found on the Internet at www.swl.usace.army.mil,on Facebook at www.facebook.com/littlerockusace and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usacelittlerock.
Release no. 23-085