Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful

An environmental nonprofit is making strides in protecting a waterway that stretches into Alabama. Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful is celebrating as successful 2023 with record breaks and new milestones, including 218,729 pounds of trash removed from the Tennessee River. Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful is an affiliate of the Keep America Beautiful organization, the first to focus solely on a river.

The Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful cleanup series is making its way to Alabama. Volunteers have the opportunity to help beautify Wheeler Lake in Decatur on Sunday, October 29. The body of water is the second-largest lake on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama.