Spring Trash Blasts 2023

University of Illinois Extension is partnering with Friends of the Shawnee and the USDA Forest Service to host spring trash blasts in the Shawnee National Forest. On the first Friday of March until June from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at various locations in the Shawnee National Forest. Anne Townsend will coordinate small teams of volunteers to collect litter. To be prepared, volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, bring their own work gloves, wear long pants and closed toed shoes. Trash buckets and trash grabbers will be assigned to volunteers to use during the trash blast. This event is limited to 40 participants.

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Photo Release - I grant the University of Illinois Extension the permission to disclose my identity and to reproduce and distribute videotapes, films, photographs, and transparencies of me (or my child) and sound recordings arising out of this spring 2023 Trash Blast events. This image (photo or video) may be used in Extension publications or to otherwise promote Extension programs as in posters, audio/video presentations or other displays. The image may also be released to local news media to be used in connection with reporting on, promoting, or otherwise publicizing Extension programs.

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Which Trash Blast days would you to register for? Select as many as you would like to attend.

April 7 at Ripple Hollow (Alexander/Union County)

May 5 at Iron Mountain (Union Country)

June 2 at Bell Smith Springs (Pope County)

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As part of our commitment to providing equal opportunities in our programming, University of Illinois Extension is required to collect and report overall statistics about the race, ethnicity, and gender of program participants. Your responses are voluntary and appreciated.

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