The $2.00 State Park entrance fee is waived
for those participating in Stewardship Day. All participants
will also receive a free FRED T-Shirt! After the clean up, we
will head to the Colleton County Recreation Complex for the
SCGA May Meeting. It will start with a potluck lunch at 1:00
PM.
We will meet at the coordinates above to sign in
and distribute supplies. We will be in charge of cleaning the
Edisto River from Givhans Ferry State Park downriver to Norman's
Landing (N 32° 59.073 W 080° 24.504). Please bring a geovessel
(boat, canoe, etc) if you have one available. A group will use the
geovessels to clean the river downstream, while those who wish to
stay on land will clean the banks at the State Park and the nearby
Givhans Bridge (SC Hwy 61).
FRED is a small group of citizens focusing on
preserving the quality of water and habitat of the Edisto River
watershed. FRED cannot clean the entire watershed, so they ask
volunteer groups to hold cleanup events throughout the year. In
previous years, geocachers have helped clean stretches of the
Edisto River and the boat landings that provide access to the
Edisto River. The Edisto River is part of the ACE BASIN,
which is comprised of the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers,
where numerous caches are hidden.