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Enid Lake announces annual Cleanup Day event

Published Feb. 18, 2020
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Enid Lake and the Enid Lake Volunteers for Waste Management will hold the lake’s annual Cleanup Day event Feb. 22, which will provide volunteers an opportunity to help maintain the beauty of the lake.

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Enid Lake and the Enid Lake Volunteers for Waste Management will hold the lake’s annual Cleanup Day event Feb. 22, which will provide volunteers an opportunity to help maintain the beauty of the lake.

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Enid Lake and the Enid Lake Volunteers for Waste Management will hold the lake’s annual Cleanup Day event Feb. 22, which will provide volunteers an opportunity to help maintain the beauty of the lake.

The event will begin at 7 a.m. Volunteers should meet at the Enid Lake Field Office, Bynum Boat Ramp, Ford’s Well Campground or Bluford Road. Volunteers will be working in muddy conditions and are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing. Volunteers will be allowed to use personal ATVs and UTVs during the event but must wear Department of Transportation-approved helmets and abide by all applicable regulations. For more information, contact the field office at 662-563-4571.

Every year on Cleanup Day, district park rangers, natural resources specialists and volunteers remove trash and debris from the lake’s main access roads, recreation areas and shorelines. Since the event’s inception in 2004, Clean-up Day volunteers have removed approximately 953 compacted cubic yards of trash and debris and 833 tires from the shoreline and roadways of the lake.

Enid, Arkabutla, Sardis and Grenada lakes, the four Mississippi flood control reservoirs in the Vicksburg District’s area of responsibility, were authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936, which provided a plan designed to address flooding that originated in the Yazoo Basin. The four reservoirs are used to hold runoff, or excess rainwater, as a flood-prevention measure. With approximately 3.2 million visitors each year, the north Mississippi lakes also contribute approximately $82 million into the local economy. 


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Release no. 20-016