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Project AWARE volunteers arrive in Charles City

  • Kim Fischer, Project AWARE, from Little Rock, Arkansas holds a plastic duck that she found in the Cedar River.

  • The Project AWARE camp site in Charles City at Riverfront Park. The volunteers will be staying in Charles City for two nights this week.

  • Andy Roach, Project AWARE events worker, carries half of a motorcycle from the Cedar River to the scrap heap.

  • Volunteers for Project AWARE take tires collected in the Cedar River out of canoes at Seter's Landing.

  • Nate Hoogeveen, a Project AWARE staff worker, at Seter's Landing on the third day of Project AWARE.

  • Project AWARE volunteers come into Seter's Landing on the outskirts of Floyd County, on the third day of Project AWARE. Press photos by Thomas Nelson

By Thomas Nelson, tnelson@charlescitypress.com

Project AWARE volunteers went from Osage to Seter’s Landing near the Mitchell County border to Floyd County Wednesday.

The volunteers will be staying the night in Charles City Wednesday and Thursday as they go through the Cedar River picking up trash.

The volunteers pulled a lot of stuff out of the Cedar River on the way Wednesday, including a coke bottle dispenser and half a motorcycle.

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