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Our Mission

To aid in the protection, preservation, and restoration of the natural environment of the nation's major rivers and their watersheds.

Our Impact

  • Pounds of Trash Removed

    14,021,024

  • Volunteers Engaged

    137,159

  • Students Educated

    30,233

  • Trees Planted

    2,321,009

Sixteen Illinois State University students spent time during spring break removing 33,547 pounds of trash from McKellar Lake in Memphis, Tennessee, through Living Lands & Waters (LL&W).

Officials said the goal was to wrap 80,000 trees — a pace of approximately one tree per minute.

To combat the ongoing pollution issue, environmental cleanup nonprofits like Living Lands & Waters take to the water, collecting trash from river shorelines and dredging up waste from beneath the surface.

  • ADM
  • Cargill
  • Cargo Carriers
  • Ford
  • PCNA
  • Anhesuser - Busch
  • Coughlin
  • Clif Bar
  • Culver's
  • Ingram
  • Marquette
  • Rust Belt
  • us bank
  • West
  • Arconic
  • Argosy
  • Bert & Ann Shearer
  • carmeuse
  • CGB
  • CTW
  • earthrise energy
  • Martin Fabert
  • mildred crespin-croegaert
  • P&G
  • Shiela June
  • Hubbell
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