Trash News

Feb 17, 2022 - More than a dozen middle schoolers from Kipp Liberty Academy spent part of Thursday outside and on the beach, but they weren’t there to relax.

The students hiked alongside local environmentalist, Andrew Otazo, cleaning up littered waterways.

Feb 15, 2022 - The U.S. Forest Service is holding its annual Tellico River Clean-Up on Saturday, March 12, 2022.


At 8 a.m., participants can begin registering at the Tellico Ranger Station. Due to COVID-19, participants will register from their vehicles and receive their gloves and bags. In addition, people are asked to wear masks and to stay in their vehicles while interacting with registration personnel.