Mighty Mississippi Cleanup Challenge

About the Program

Category: Volunteers (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Centered around grassroots collective action, the Mighty Mississippi Cleanup challenge was created to engage local government leaders and their constituents to create many small-scale solutions in order to address a large-scale issue. In its first year, the cleanup challenge was extended to hundreds of Minnesota local governments along the Mississippi River. Counties, cities, and watershed districts have been challenged to create a cleanup event of their choosing to help clean their area of the Mississippi River. These events will help reduce common pollution up and down the Mississippi River here in Minnesota. Our challenge dates range from April 15th to May 15th. At the time of this application, we have had dozens of local governments establish cleanup events in their areas which will result in much common pollution being removed from the Mississippi.