1. Missouri River Relief 14 Years Cleaning Up the Big Muddy

2. Missouri River Relief is Missouri Stream Team #1875

3. A grassroots, volunteer & equipment based river clean-up crew

4. The Missouri River Relief Mission is… to engage individuals and communities along the river in the exploration, enjoyment, restoration and care of the Missouri River through hands-on, on-the-river stewardship and education events and activities.

5. And have fun!

6. We loved this river…

7. But it seemed that no one was giving this river any love…

8. Most people know the river from one of these…

9. We get them on the river in one of these

10. Fabulous family fun for people of all ages

11. Inspired by this guy…

12. The First Missouri River Relief clean-up: 2001 Easley, MO

14. 21,005 Volunteers

15. 133 River Clean-ups

16. 1,031 River Miles Cleaned

17. 801 Tons of Trash (over 1 ¾ million pounds!)

18. Trash Tally 2009! 1,328 Bags of Trash & Recyclables 461 Tires 24 Tons of Scrap Metal 37 Chunks of Styrofoam 4 Messages in Bottles 218 Plastic Jugs & 5-Gal. Buckets 1 Bottle of Diazonon Insecticide 2 Jugs of Oil-based Wood Stain 1 Bottle of Used Car Oil 212 - 55 Gallon Barrels 23 Chairs 19 Coolers  3 Full Cans of Beer  76 Box Springs & Bed Frames  6 Navigation Buoys  1 set of New Testament Audio Cassettes  1 Plastic Green Pepper  1 Adam Sandler DVD- “Going Overboard”  1 Inflatable Love Doll  ¾ of a white Christmas Tree  1 Juke Box  10 Kitchen Sinks  51 Refrigerators & Chest Freezers And countless plastic bottles, bits of styrofoam!!!

19. River Clean-ups give a unique, up-close experience with the river

20. Everyone can contribute !!! Every little bit counts a lot

21. And you can see the results of your hard work!

22. River Education

23. The River is a Classroom

24. 96 Learning Festivals 16,545 Students 70+ Educational River Excursions

25. Monthly Presentations in three cities Kansas City, Rocheport & St. Charles Missouri River issues, history, ecology and more! Free Paddle trip before St. Charles presentations www.bigmuddyspeakers.org

26. River Races MR340 – Race to the Dome

27. We build river advocates through river experiences

28. www.riverrelief.org See you on the river…