Hartwell Lake earns recognition for Community Clean Up

Last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Project was named by Rivers Alive as the 2013 Government Partner of the Year, recognizing the project’s efforts during the annual Hartwell Lake clean-up campaign. Rivers Alive is an outreach program led by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division that targets the annual cleanup of all waterways located within Georgia. The Government Partner of the Year Award recognizes the government entity that holds the most successful clean up and exemplifies the Rivers Alive mission. During the Hartwell Lake 2013 clean-up campaign, 450 volunteers contributed 3,600 volunteer hours between Aug. 1 and Sept. 28 and successfully removed 9,000 pounds of trash from the banks of Hartwell Lake. The statewide Rivers Alive effort resulted in a total volunteer force of 27,679 people who cleaned more than 1,800 miles of Georgia waterways and removed over 500,000 pounds of trash and recyclables.