MOUNTAIN PARK, Ark. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Lake Ouachita Field Office, in partnership with Friends of Lake Ouachita, Lake Ouachita State Park, and Keep Arkansas Beautiful, will host a Lake Ouachita cleanup on Saturday, September 14th, 2024.
Volunteers may choose to meet at one of two locations on Ouachita. On the west side of Lake Ouachita, volunteers will meet at Tompkins Bend day use area at 8:00 a.m. and the cleanup will be held from 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Boaters are encouraged to assist in the cleanup by cleaning islands and coves near Shangri La Resort. Volunteers may also hike and clean the shorelines near Tompkins Bend or the Lake Ouachita Vista Trail.
Volunteers wishing to clean the east side of Ouachita will meet at Lake Ouachita State Park marina boat ramp. The state park will provide a boat for the cleanup which will depart at 8:00 a.m. and return at 11:00 a.m.
Community leaders, scout groups, and all community volunteers wishing to help keep Ouachita clean and accessible to our families and visitors will be provided gloves, bags, and bottles of water at check in.
In addition, volunteers may take part throughout the year by picking up free trash bags at one of the Lake Ouachita boat ramps. Simply look for the Grab-A-Bag sign and clean throughout the year.
For additional information on Lake Ouachita State Park cleanup, please contact Emily Stubblefield at (501) 293-3375 to sign up or email her at emily.stubblefield@arkansas.gov.
The address for Lake Ouachita State Park is: 5451 Mountain Pine Road, Mountain Pine, AR, 71956
The USACE Vicksburg District is engineering solutions to the nation’s toughest challenges. The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana that holds nine major river basins and incorporates approximately 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees. The Vicksburg District is engaged in hundreds of projects and employs approximately 1,100 personnel.