Tennessee River Rescue

05/06/2026

🌊 Join us in making a difference! 🌿

We’re excited to partner with the Ocoee River community for a River Clean Up Day—and you’re invited!

🗓 May 22 ⏰ 9:00 AM📍 Rogers Branch Put-In

Come out and help protect one of our region’s most beautiful natural resources. Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or just looking for a meaningful way to spend your morning, every hand makes an impact.

Let’s work together to keep our waters clean, healthy, and thriving for generations to come. 💧

Tag a friend and join us!

KeepTennesseeBeautiful

04/28/2026

Amazing effort!!!

Talk about a big impact for ! Earth Day Awareness Week presented by Nobody Trashes Tennessee with myTDOT and Tennessee Valley Authority team members on Chickamauga Lake of the Tennessee River.

Both groups always deliver at our cleanups and they sure did this year! Their haul included 155 bags of litter, 63 tires, 4 semi tires, 5 large dock floats, 279 lbs. of scrap metal, 80.5 square feet of dock foam, a 50-foot irrigation hose, 130 lbs. of muddy carpet, a tent, and much more!

A big thanks to the City of Soddy-Daisy - Government for donating the dumpster for this cleanup that was filled to the brim! We also want to thank our partners at Keep Soddy-Daisy Beautiful for including all of the tires we collected in their 3rd Annual Recycling Event.

We also had Keep TN River Beautiful board members Suzanne Fisher from TVA and Missy Marshall from Keep Tennessee Beautiful participate in the cleanup. It was surreal to have this cleanup with TVA, TDOT, and Keep Tennessee Beautiful, the three founding agencies that, 10 years ago, helped to form our nonprofit Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful, the 1st Keep America Beautiful affiliate in the nation to focus solely on a river.

More than anything, we want to thank all of the amazing team members who came out to put in hard work and sweat for their river. You all ROCK!

04/27/2026

12/09/2025

Biggest year yet!

10/10/2025

Thank you to CMC Recycling Chattanooga for their incredible effort in collecting nearly 700 pounds of trash and recyclables during the 37th annual Tennessee River Rescue! 🌍

10/06/2025

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10/02/2025

You have till the 18th to participate!

For the 2025 Tennessee River Rescue Challenge, we are introducing a Kids’ Clean-Up Challenge to encourage greater participation among younger audiences. The challenge invites students to organize a clean-up event along the South Chickamauga Creek Watershed—a large and vital ecosystem rich in biodiversity. By participating, students will become more familiar with the watershed and gain a deeper understanding of its importance. Participants are encouraged to submit a video of their clean-up for a chance to win an outdoor field trip.

10/01/2025

Amazing exhibit! Just the thing we need to empower the next generation to keep the rivers clean for years to come!

Join the Tennessee Aquarium at Renaissance Park this Saturday!