Folks,
Good morning,
I am eager to share information about the River Access and Conservation Area clean up on Saturday December 6th from 8:00AM-3:00PM. We are conducting this clean up at our Horseshoe on the Colorado RACA Site located on the Colorado River in Bastrop, Texas. I’m hoping you and your loved ones can join my family and I that day!
Sign up and details can be found here.
This workday will consist of removing illegally dumped trash within the riparian areas along the river. I plan to have a roll off dumpster on site, and we need all the help we can get to tackle this. We want to protect the health and safety of the river while showing our RACA landowners how much we appreciate them and the land they open up to their community.
Most of the garbage is in the riparian areas around and upland of the riverbank. San Marcos office will be providing at least one truck and trailer, and plenty of river clean up bags. I only have about 10 grabbers, some shovels and limited work gloves, I’d appreciate any additional materials you are able to share.
I’m aiming to recruit at least 20 volunteers but hope we can surpass that. I’ve reached out to registered RACA volunteers, but if you know of any other TPWD employees, organizations or volunteer groups based in Bastrop, I would greatly appreciate your help connecting us so we can really bring the community in on this effort.
As always, thank you for your time and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, I hope to see you on December 6th!
Kind regards,
Madison Darwish
River Access Program
Inland Fisheries Division
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
512-754-6844 ext. 214