SACRAMENTO – It’s not a business, it’s not even a nonprofit, it’s a completely volunteer-driven organization that dedicates its free time to cleaning up our waterways. River City Waterway Alliance officially formed in January last year, and they’ve already made loads of progress.
Between homeless encampments, your everyday litterers and the atmospheric rivers, this volunteer group has had a lot on their plate lately. They’re racing to get problem areas cleared before storms roll in but they say they do it not for aesthetic reasons, but for our ecosystem. The beautification is just a side product.
“If they can’t make it up Steelhead Creek, then there’s no spawning,” says the vice president of Sacramento Area Creek Council, Dr. Roland Brady.
River City Waterway Alliance is a volunteer organization that is committed to cleaning up our waterways.
“Ultimately, all of this debris, the floating debris, washes down Steelhead Creek and it enters into the Sacramento River and out to the delta and out into the ocean,” Dr. Brady said.