The Trail Society has scheduled a trash blast work day for Sunday May 1st, 2022 (May 15th is the rain out day). The plan is to clean along the first 2 miles of the River to River Trail between Watson Lane and Lake Tecumsah which is just north of Elizabethtown, IL. We are looking for 8-10 volunteers so we can have 2-3 crews with one starting at each end and meeting in the middle. Because of the extensive amount of trash we are also arranging an ORV to haul out full bags of trash. If we have sufficient volunteers, we may also have a small crew work on cutting and clearing a couple large trees that have fallen over the trail in the area.

To start the day, we will meet at the riverfront in Elizabethtown, IL at 10:00am. This section of the trail is very hilly so plan to bring appropriate footwear, gloves, a snack and water, sunscreen and appropriate bug spray. Gloves or a pickup tool is very important because much of the trash may be in poison ivy.

If you are willing to help, please email william.gilmour@frontier.com so we can get a count on how many will be showing up. Thank you.