Renew Our Rivers celebrates lucky 13th year

Renew Our Rivers event coordinators and partners gathered at Patio 44 restaurant in downtown Biloxi to celebrate another successful year of cleanups across south Mississippi.

More than 500 volunteers collected just shy of 19 tons of debris at the ten events in 2018.

2018 Renew Our Rivers by the numbers

• Deer Island – 2.87 tons
• Chunky River – 0.25 tons
• Turkey Creek – 0.5 tons
• Lower Pascagoula – 6 tons
• Okatoma River – 0.25 tons
• Back Bay Biloxi – 2.02 tons
• Bay of St. Louis – 1 ton
• Pascagoula River – 4.08 tons
• Red Creek – 0.5 tons
• Gulfport Lake – 1. 5 tons

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