USACE Vicksburg District’s Lake Ouachita to host volunteer cleanup day

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, National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), and Keep Arkansas Beautiful, will host a Lake Ouachita cleanup on Saturday, September 20^th, 2025.

Three Ways to Participate:

1. In-person check-in: Volunteers can meet Saturday, September 20th, 2025, at Crystal Springs Boat Ramp, 1199 North Crystal Springs Road, Royal AR 71968, to sign up and get supplies for the day. The Cleanup will be from 8:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M.
2. Virtual check-in: Groups or individual volunteers can do a virtual check-in for the Saturday, September 20th clean up by visiting: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfLakeOuachitaInc, @HeyFOLO on Instagram, or clicking on the QR code to complete the attached form and sending it to Amy Shultz by email at: amy.j.shultz@usace.army.mil or mail to Amy Shultz, Lake Ouachita Field Office, 1424 Blakely Dam Road, Royal, AR 71968.
3.  Year-round: 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.

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 the in-person check in, Crystal Springs Boat Ramp.

For any questions, please contact the Lake Ouachita U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Field Office at 501-767-2101 for information on the Lake Ouachita event.

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.