This past weekend I joined American Whitewater for a river clean-up on section nine of the French Broad. River clean-ups give you a great sense for what people think of as trash and what they just throw into the environment. Apparently chewing tobacco cans and most plastic bottles are thought of as disposable, major bummer there:( The list of the more interesting ranged from fishing rods to motorcycle helmets to fisher price toys and of course car tires (I think the total was close to twenty). The great moral of the story is don't throw things on the ground cause they end up in the rivers. Thanks to all the volunteers, American Whitewater, Riverlink, and NOC for making this happen. Even if you're not on an official river clean-up you can do your part by picking up one piece of trash everytime you paddle! Have fun out there and here are a couple of pictures, my camera ran out of battery half way through so I only have a few