We are excited to announce that our 29th annual Deschutes River Cleanup will take place on Saturday, June 28th. You are invited to join us to help protect the river you love!
River stewardship activities will be coordinated at six different sites on the Deschutes River. Volunteers are invited to help pull invasive weeds and remove litter from the streambanks and paddlers and scuba divers will extract debris from the river channel.
The six stewardship locations are: La Pine State Park, Sunriver, Farewell Bend Park, Riverbend Park, First Street Trail, and Tumalo State Park. It will be a great day filled with stream stewardship activities, smiles, and sweat! Volunteers of all ages are welcome.
Online registration will open on our website here on May 1st.
The Deschutes River Cleanup is our largest annual community event. As recreation in and around the Deschutes River has increased dramatically over the years, it is an important opportunity for community members like you to take care of the Deschutes River and its sensitive riparian areas.
The river cleanup is made possible thanks to our generous sponsors: The City of Bend, Bend Park and Recreation District, the Old Mill District, Visit Bend, Qorvo, Mt.Bachelor/Sun Country Tours, and Tumalo Creek. Our local partners for this year’s cleanup include: Oregon State Parks, Sunriver Chamber of Commerce, Sunriver Owner’s Association, Sunriver Resort, Leadership Bend, Greater Bend Rotary, Central Oregon Diving, Deschutes County Search and Rescue, LUNO, REI, and Confluence Fly Shop.
This story is based on submitted information and has not been verified by our news team.
This article appears in Source Weekly May 1st, 2025.
MAKE LOCAL JOURNALISM HAPPEN
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.
