Lake of the Ozarks 2009 Shoreline Spring Cleanup

Spring is getting ready to spring upon us already. We really can't believe how fast it has come. But, nevertheless, it's here and it's time to do some Spring cleaning around the lake. Therefore, the Lake of the Ozarks is calling upon its brave souls to help clean up the lake's shoreline.

This year, the annual Shoreline Beautification Cleanup is scheduled from March 15 through April 15. Adopt-the-Shoreline organization is seeking volunteers to help spruce up the lake in time for the summer swimming and boating season. So far, there are over 600 volunteers expected to turn out, but there is always a need for more help.

Clean up will consist of cleaning the shoreline, transporting floating material from the lake and stacking debris for later pickup. Adopt-the-Shoreline provides all supplies, administrative work and disposal of trash. Volunteers will only handle the clean up.

Since the annual Shoreline Beautification Cleanup began, there has been between 120 to 240 tons of dock foam and other junk removed each year from the lake's shoreline. In the past, around 90% of the debris removed from the shoreline was old foam. We have blogged about the removal of non-encapsulated foam docks in the past. There is now a ban on non-encapsulated foam docks so, hopefully, we won't have to be cleaning up so much loose foam in years to come.

If you would like to volunteer, you can call the Adopt-the-Shoreline office at 573-365-9252. There are several volunteer zones around the lake, so be sure to mention which mile marker you are closest to and the volunteer office will direct you to the closest zone to you.

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