Environment

Volunteers need to help with Ohio Riverbank cleanup

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Friday, May 31st, 2013, 11:51am

Volunteers need to help with Ohio Riverbank cleanup

River Sweep 2013 has been scheduled for Saturday, June 15, along the shoreline of the Ohio River and its many tributaries. Volunteers are needed for this massive event.

River Sweep is a riverbank cleanup that extends the entire length of the Ohio River and beyond. More than 3,000 miles of shoreline will be combed for trash and debris. This is the largest environmental event of its kind and encompasses six states.

“We are so proud of the progress we have made cleaning up the Ohio River and some of its major tributaries but there is still work to be done,” said Jeanne Ison, Project Director. “The Ohio is such a great natural resource and provides so much to so many. We need your help.”

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Electronics recycling event Friday

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 11:26am

The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will hold an Electronics Recycling Day on Saturday, May 11 at the Civic Center parking lot from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Residents from Vanderburgh County households can bring a variety of electronic items including computers and computer related equipment, TVs, VCRs, and DVD players. Microwaves, copiers and appliances will not be accepted.

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700 expected for clean up, world record Zumba attempt

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 12:26pm

700 expected for clean up, world record Zumba attempt

More than 700 youth and adults have volunteered for Global Youth Service Day 2013. The event will be held Saturday rain or shine starting with a Clean Evansville trash pick-up from 9 to 11 a.m. At 1:30 p.m., an attempt will be made to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest youth Zumba class

Twenty-four Clean Evansville teams will target areas around Garvin Park/Bosse Field, Jacobsville, Downtown, Glenwood Neighborhood and McGary Middle School. Clean Evansville volunteers are advised to dress for the weather.

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Clean team moves to Tepe Park Saturday

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013, 3:10pm

This month marks a milestone for Clean Evansville. On January 7, 2012, the first group of volunteers filled more than 250 bags with trash and picked-up a couple of couches, six tires and countless cigarette butts from streets and alleys throughout Downtown Evansville.

This Saturday, Clean Team volunteers will commemorate the one year anniversary of Mayor Lloyd Winnecke’s anti-litter initiative by picking-up litter in Ward 4 around the Tepe Park Neighborhood. Volunteers will gather at various starting points at 9 a.m., and they will meet at the Tepe Park Shelter House for a wrap-up at 11 a.m.

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Recycle Christmas trees, other holiday products this weekend

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013, 12:48pm

Recycle Christmas trees, other holiday products this weekend

The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will hold its annual Holiday Recycling Day on Saturday, January 5 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the Civic Center parking lot.

At this program Christmas trees will be mulched by Randy’s Tree Service with assistance from the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardeners. However, people are asked to bring their own containers if they want to take mulch home with them.

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Service roads near Lloyd Expressway targeted for clean-up

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Thursday, November 29th, 2012, 3:00pm

Clean Evansville volunteers will target areas around one of the city’s busiest traffic interchanges during the monthly litter pick-up on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. The “Clean Teams” will gather at locations near the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41 to collect litter along service roads and through some neighborhoods south and west of the interchange.

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Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012, 8:39am

Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

A survey conducted over the past seven months of the 13 southwest Indiana counties in which emerald ash borer had not been previously detected showed no signs of the invasive insect that kills ash trees.

As part of the survey, traps were strategically located in five southwestern counties—Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick.

“The 82 purple traps placed on the designed grid did not capture any of the beetles,” said Phil Marshall, state entomologist.

Visual surveys were also conducted by DNR experts during spring and summer in the eight other southwestern Indiana counties (Crawford, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike and Sullivan). No new EAB infestations were detected.

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