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Adopt-a-River contacts

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Coordinator
(651) 259-5630

Assistant
(651) 259-5620

Toll Free
1-888-MINNDNR

Division of Trails & Waterways
tel. (651) 259-5666


Photo gallery

Adopt-a-River program logo. Trash found along Minnesota's rivers

Photo of trash along a river in Minnesota
Storm water rubbish accumulating near downtown St. Paul, 10/7/1994

Trash found in and along Minnesota rivers
It's amazing what Adopt-a-River volunteers find in and along Minnesota's rivers. Everything from old tin cans and plastic soda bottles to couches, chairs and television sets! (Click on the thumbnails of each photo to view a larger version.)

Photo of a huge pile of old tin cans found near a Minnesota river.
Former dump site at River Bend Nature Center, Faribault 12/14/1995 (Site is now cleaned up)

Photo of two old office chairs sitting in a Minnesota river where someone dumped them.
Chairs discarded into Pickeral Lake, Lilydale 9/17/1997

Photo of a couch dumped on the shore of a river in Minnesota.
Abandoned couch at a public access, downtown Shakopee, 8/21/2000

Photo of trash found dumped on the shore of a Minnesota river.
Cleanup Trophies on Bassett Creek, North Minneapolis 5/20/2000

Photo of two old television sets in a Minnesota river.
Floating TVs, Bassett Creek 5/2000

 

More photos

Clean-ups around Minnesota
Belle Plaine, Minnesota clean up events
Adopt-a-River Education