Meeting Place: White Clay Creek Preserve Park Office (405 Sharpless Road, Landenberg, PA 19350)
To register yourself / your group please visit: https://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/white_clay_creek_preserve_clean_up_-_christina_watershed_clean_up
It is recommended that volunteers wear long sleeves and pants – ticks are active in early spring; boots or water resistant shoes, hats, and bring heavy duty gloves, insect repellent, and sunscreen.
Waders or hip boots are also useful for Churchmans Marsh – Christiana and Newport Boat Ramp sites.
NOTE: Due to insurance requirements, volunteers under the age of sixteen MUST have adult supervision.
All volunteers MUST wear life jackets when traveling on a boat.
Gliding through rolling hills, farms and forests, large and small towns, the Brandywine, White Clay, and Red Clay Creeks, and Christina River constitute the watershed of the Christina River Basin, before continuing into the Delaware River. This watershed provides more than 75% of the water supply for residents and businesses in New Castle County, Delaware.
The Christina River Watershed Cleanup’s mission has always been the removal of man-made debris from within this beautiful watershed, while raising public awareness for pollution prevention. Since the Cleanup began in 1992, more than 360 tons of tires, appliances, household items, and other trash have been cleared from within the watershed.
Join hundreds of volunteers and help clean the single most important natural resource in our region! A solid effort is needed each year to keep each of these waterways as free from debris as possible while also improving wildlife habitat.
Do you have a few hours to spend along Naamans Creek in northern Delaware? How about you and your coworkers volunteering near I-95 within Churchmans Marsh? What about a little time working near White Clay Creek, in Delaware or Pennsylvania?
The Edward W. Cooch, Jr. Environmental Scholarship fund has been established to honor the late Mr. Cooch, or simply Ned, as he was known to family and friends. As an avid environmentalist with a deep passion for the natural lands and water resources of Delaware, Ned was one of the founders of the Christina Conservancy and a driving force behind the creation of the Christina River Watershed Cleanup.
See the Cooch Environmental Scholarship Guidelines
Contact the Christina Conservancy to Contribute to the Cooch Scholarship