The Trash Picker Upper Gods smiled once again on the crew and volunteers at A Cleaner Clear this year, with near-perfect weather, and everyone working their butts off to make our little corner of the planet a little cleaner. To keep things a little less long-winded, we will cover the highlights. 152 Volunteers!! This isContinueContinue reading “6th Annual, A Cleaner Clear, Recap and Call to Action!!”
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6th Annual Cleaner Clear River Cleanup!
October 4, 2025 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-annual-cleaner-clear-river-cleanup-tickets-1378166375729?aff=oddtdtcreator It’s time to sign up for the 6th Annual river cleanup everyone talks about. A Cleaner Clear. OCTOBER 4! Mark those calendars and sign up above! SPONSORSHIP! Want to help buy supplies, refreshments, trash bags, gas money, gloves, grabbers, printing, event insurance, or all the other things needed to pull ourContinueContinue reading “6th Annual Cleaner Clear River Cleanup!”
A Cleaner Clear – 5th Year – Keeping it Trashy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-cleaner-clear-5-river-cleanup-tickets-886365301477 If you are the jerk who took the time to shove their couch into my favorite pond on Clear Creek, we are gonna find you and feed you to the carp. Yes, friends, someone did this, and that’s not the worst part. The couch barely smells like pee at all! This could be someone’sContinueContinue reading “A Cleaner Clear – 5th Year – Keeping it Trashy”
A Cleaner Clear IV – Recap, and Thoughts
Just like any day where something overly important is on my calendar, usually a fishing trip or this cleanup, I didn’t sleep much. Waking every 20 to 30 minutes just to see that time was crawling through the night like a cold snake, I frustratingly put my feet on the floor at 5:30, loaded theContinueContinue reading “A Cleaner Clear IV – Recap, and Thoughts”
The Confluences – Now a Nonprofit! – Donations accepted and appreciated!!
Damn it’s crazy being a grown up. And it felt like it was about time for A Confluences to pull itself together, lawyer up, and take the next step. No, our cleanup isn’t getting married, having a baby and moving to the suburbs, but it is now a fully fledged nonprofit with the State ofContinueContinue reading “The Confluences – Now a Nonprofit! – Donations accepted and appreciated!!”
River Cleanup on a Raft – Protect Our Rivers makes it happen!!!
Let’s just start out by clarifying nobody got a rash or tetanus from the South Platte River water which leads me to believe the water is a bit cleaner than I had given it credit for. Unlike most river cleanups, this effort by our friends at Protect Our Rivers combines hard working volunteers on footContinueContinue reading “River Cleanup on a Raft – Protect Our Rivers makes it happen!!!”
!!! A Cleaner Clear IV !!!
Post those pictures here for the below list of contests!!! Most Plastic Bottles – keep a count – honor system. 1st – River Quiver or something you’d rather have2nd – Fishing setup from Wright / McGill 3rd – Reddington rod Most Aluminum Cans – keep a count – honor system1st – Snowflake or something you’dContinueContinue reading “!!! A Cleaner Clear IV !!!”
3rd Annual – A Cleaner Clear – Recap
It was a sunny day at Twin Lakes Park on the banks of Clear Creek. 105 dedicated volunteers filled bags for 4 hours and cleaned over 2.5 miles of river. That’s the condensed fact sheet. The impact of trash and crap cleaned up out of the creek was measured in thousands of pounds. Adams CountyContinueContinue reading “3rd Annual – A Cleaner Clear – Recap”
!!! 3rd Freaking Annual – A Cleaner Clear !!!
Time to get your hands dirty and your water clean. Clear Creek needs your love again this year because some people just aren’t getting the memo about the ill effects of trashing the planet. Seems to me another show of organized action is in order. This year we are doubling our efforts and teaming withContinueContinue reading “!!! 3rd Freaking Annual – A Cleaner Clear !!!”
Know Your Junk
My grandad had this old creamy brown flat bed Dodge feed truck. A purely utilitarian piece of equipment. Zero aesthetics. This was before he could afford a proper push button feeder so it was piled high with fifty pound feed sacks of the same color of the truck. Dusty tan. The grime and splattered cowContinueContinue reading “Know Your Junk”
A Cleaner Clear 2021 – 2nd Annual!!!!
Ever picked up a random piece of trash and won a $150 Patagonia bag? How about a 4 banger roof rack River Quiver from Riversmith? Or maybe you like ice cream. Our great friends at Scoops Homemade Ice Cream have some prizes you might get all over your face. If you said no, then youContinueContinue reading “A Cleaner Clear 2021 – 2nd Annual!!!!”
How To: Host a River Cleanup
Since we hosted the Clear Creek river cleanup in September (A Cleaner Clear), there have been a large amount of folks asking when the next cleanup will be and how they can get involved in the future with others. This makes my heart soar like a hawk. Just to hear that folks are passionate aboutContinueContinue reading “How To: Host a River Cleanup”
A Cleaner Clear – 2020
Ever find an object on the side of the road that is just so disgusting and revolting, you know in that moment you’ll surely have PTSD from even seeing it? There were a few of those objects found on September 12 at the first ever A Cleaner Clear river cleanup. Prizes were given for theseContinueContinue reading “A Cleaner Clear – 2020”
The Confluences 