Spring Trash Blasts 2025

USDA Shawnee National Forest Service, Friends of the Shawnee, and the Illinois Extension will be partnering to host our annual fall Trash Blasts! They will happen on the first Friday of every month from March through June from 1 pm to 3 pm at various locations in the Shawnee National Forest.

During Trash Blasts we will break into small teams of volunteers to collect litter from selected sites. We find items as large as mattresses to tiny micro trash. No matter what we find we try to remove it to help restore the area to its natural state.

Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring their leather work gloves. If you do not have leather gloves we can help provide them for you. Trash receptacles and grabbers will be provided for volunteers during the trash blast. This event is limited to 30 participants.

If you want to learn more about this program or need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Anne Townsend at cupquake@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting access needs.

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

June 6 at Tower Rock (Hardin County)

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