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Sweep success

Illinois River Sweep yields less found trash (we think).
By Divina Baratta, Student Correspondent
Sun, Sep 27 2009 at 5:59 PM EST

Last weekend we joined Friends of the Illinois River for its annual River Sweep in Peoria. Seems to be less junk out there and more people joining in to help.
 
Though the junk part can't exactly be quantified, the volunteer base has grown from about 10 to 250 since the project's inception 10 years ago.
  
Take a quick walk along the shore to see what we found...
 
 

 
 
For more on river clean-up efforts in Ill., check out Living Lands and Waters.
 
 
 
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