Clean Your River!
We offer public river cleanup events a few times per year, but you also can request a private event, where Riverkeeper staff will lead your group on an informative riverside litter cleanup. You can also request supplies for a DIY cleanup. We will lend you pickers, bags, and gloves, help you pick a location if needed, and haul away the trash after you are done. Perfect for a group that wants to volunteer but needs more flexibility! Sign up below.
Sign up for a public river cleanup
Request a River Cleanup
River Cleanup Details
Our Spokane River Program clean up removes trash from the banks and the bottom of the Spokane River by foot and by boat. We partner with the Spokane River Forum to organize private, public, and DIY cleanup. If your group would like to volunteer, please send me an email ([email protected]) or fill out the form below, and we can arrange a clean up (we provide supplies)! If you’d like to join our public River Cleanups, sign up for our email list and we will notify you (we typically hold one or two a year). Or make sure to sign up for the annual Great Spokane River Cleanup the third weekend of September, hosted by our friends at the Spokane River forum and the Lands Council. Our work is also partially funded through a generous grant from the Department of Ecology’s Community Litter Cleanup Program (CLCP) administered by Spokane County Detention Services. Our disposal fees are covered by the City of Spokane.
Current Litter Totals
2023 Earth Day River Cleanup Photo Gallery
270 volunteers removed 7,500 pounds of trash from the shoreline of the Spokane River on April 22nd, 2023. Thank you to our sponsors for making this happen!