RENEW OUR
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2023 Renew Our Rivers Schedule
Feb. 11: Alabama River
Contact: John Paul O'Driscoll
at 334-850-7153 or
John-paul.o'driscoll@autauga.com
TBD: Bankhead Lake
(Warrior River)
Contact: Ronnie Tew
at 205-908-4857
March 4: Valley Creek (Adger,
Birmingham, Bessemer and
Providence)
Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd
March 7: Valley Creek
(Oak Grove High School)
Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd
March 11: Chattahoochee River
(Farley Nuclear Plant)
Contact: Melanie Rogers at
mlrogers@southernco.com
March 17-18: Lake Eufaula
(Chattahoochee River)
Contact: Brad Moore at
bmooreless@gosuto.com
March 25-April 1: Logan Martin
(Coosa River)
Contact: Bud Kitchin
at 256-239-0242
March 25: Minor Heights
Community at Village Creek
Contact: Hana Berres at
hana.berres@jccal.org
or 205-325-8741
April 1: Lay Lake at Gaston Steam
Plant (Coosa River)
Contact: Gerson Pickett at
glpickett@southernco.com
April 1-9: Lay Lake (Coosa River)
Contact: Judy Jones
at 205-669-4865
April 14: Smith Lake
(Cullman County)
Contact: Jim Murphy
at 205-529-5981
April 22: Lake Jordan (Coosa River)
tentative
Contact: Brenda Basnight
at 334-478-3388
April 27-28: Smith Lake
(Winston County)
Contact: Jim Eason at msgjeason@
yahoo.com
April 29: Weiss Lake
Contact: Sam Marko
at 404-626-8594
May 13: Lake Mitchell
(Coosa River)
Contact: Dale Vann
at 205-910-3713
TBD: Gorgas Steam Plant (Mulberry
Fork)
Contact: John Pate
at 205-686-2324 or
johpate@southernco.com
May 16-17: Smith Lake
(Walker County)
Contact: Roger Treglown
at 205-300-5253
Aug. 5: Holt Reservoir (tentative)
Contact: Becky Clark
at 205-799-2449
Aug. 12: Valley Creek (Fairfield,
Midfield, Hueytown, Pleasant Grove
and Brighton)
Contact: www.jcdh.org/wpd
Sept. 8: Smith Lake
(Cullman County)
Contact: Jim Murphy
at 205-529-5981
Sept. 14-15: Smith Lake
(Winston County)
Contact: Jim Eason at msgjeason@
yahoo.com
Sept: 20-21: Smith Lake
(Walker County)
Contact: Roger Treglown
at 205-300-5253
Sept: 22-23: Village Creek
Contact: Yohance Owens
at 205-798-0087
Sept. 25- 30: Neely Henry Lake
(Coosa River)
Contact: Lisa Dover
at 256-549-0900
Oct. 3: Dog River (Mobile County)
Contact: Catie Boss
at 251-829-2146 or
clboss@southernco.com
Oct. 4-5: Mobile River (Barry Steam
Plant)
Contact: Jeff Reeves
at 251-829-2746
Oct. 7: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River)
Contact: Dale Vann
at 205-910-3713
Oct. 12: Miller Steam Plant
(Locust Fork)
Contact: Marybeth Vines
at 205-488-2033 or
mewillis@southernco.com
Oct. 13-14: Lake Demopolis (pending
location)
Contact: Jason Arledge at cjarledg@
southernco.com
Oct. 24-26: Lake Harris (Tallapoosa
River-Lake Wedowee)
Contact: Crystal White
at 256-396-5093 or Marlin Glover at
770-445-0824
Nov. 3-4: Lake Martin
(Tallapoosa River)
Contact: John Thompson
at 334-399-3289 or
www.lmra@lmra.info.
Renew Our Rivers cleanups collected 92.58 tons of trash in 2022 as Alabama Power sponsored 31
events across the state, with more than 2,900 volunteers helping. "It was just so good to be back
out," said Mike Clelland, longtime ROR coordinator. The trash haul last year was less than the
158 tons removed by 4,500 volunteers in 2019, during ROR's 20th anniversary. The company and
homeowner and boat owner (HOBO) groups "laid low" during the pandemic, but "it really seemed
like there was a lot of excitement once we got back out there." Clelland anticipates the full 2023
slate of cleanups to again result in beautifying more Alabama waterways and shorelines.
