The 13th Annual Conasauga Watershed Clean-Up will be Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The first 150 volunteers will receive a free hat or T-shirt. There will be a special patch for Scouts.

A Make a Difference Day celebration with a free lunch and live band will be at the Dalton State Student Center that day beginning at 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the free lunch will be given out at the Make a Difference Day project sites.

Joining forces for the event are the Conasauga River Alliance, Keep Dalton/Whitfield Beautiful, The Nature Conservancy, the Northwest Georgia United Way’s Make A Difference Day and Rivers Alive, Georgia’s annual waterway clean-up.

This year’s clean-up will take place at five locations (directions below):

• Lower King’s Bridge/Norton Bridge on the Conasauga River

• Highway 2 Bridge on the Conasauga River

• Holly Creek in Murray County on the Chattahoochee National Forest

• Mill Creek and tributary in the city of Dalton

• Chickamauga Creek in the city of Ringgold

Sturdy shoes or boots, gloves, long pants and long-sleeved shirts are recommended. Hip or chest waders are useful, but are not required. Trash bags and plenty of drinks and snacks will be provided.

Local sponsors include the Carpet City Rotary Club, Dalton Utilities, the Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Management Authority and Shaw Industries.

For more information, call The Nature Conservancy at (706) 259-2266 or John Lugthart at (706) 272-2485.

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