Saturday, May 2
Keep trash out of the rivers, lakes, and waters we all share!
Cleanup Countdown:
Event Details
Northeast Wisconsin’s largest volunteer trash cleanup is happening Saturday, May 2, 2026. Join over 1,700 volunteers as we clean up over 65 public sites in our watershed. We anticipate removing over 7,000 pounds of trash.
Register by March 31 to guarantee your free Cleanup Tee!
What do volunteers do?
Volunteers start the morning at their assigned sites to clean up garbage and debris. You will be supplied with gloves, trash grabbers, bags, and everything else you need.
Then, at noon, volunteers are invited to join us for the annual Cleanup Picnic to enjoy lunch, music, bounce houses, raffles, and games. It’s fun for the whole family!
There are 65+ cleanup sites located along the Fox River, the Wolf River, Lake Butte des Morts, Lake Winnebago, Lake Winneconne, the East River, the bay of Green Bay, and more throughout the Fox-Wolf River Basin.
Who can volunteer
Anyone!
The Annual Cleanup is family-friendly and beginner-friendly. You don’t need experience or special equipment. Most volunteers join for the first time with friends, family, or coworkers.
If you care about your community and the water that flows through it, you belong here.
Advance registration is requested to ensure proper supplies are available.
Priority registration for members and sponsors opens two weeks prior to general registration.
Volunteer registration now open!
Thank You to Our Cleanup Sponsors
Support from local businesses and organizations helps make this cleanup possible by helping provide supplies, coordination, and on-the-ground support for volunteers across the watershed.
Many of our sponsors support clean water because healthy rivers and lakes are essential to strong communities and local economies.
What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the entire area – land and waterways – that drain to a common source. The Fox-Wolf Watershed includes the geography that drains into the Wolf River, the Upper Fox River, the Winnebago pool lakes, and the Lower Fox River. This water all ends up in the bay of Green Bay, which flows into Lake Michigan and eventually out the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
Our watershed stretches from Crandon to Fond du Lac and from Portage to Green Bay. We can’t cover every park in our region, but working together, we can do a lot! Our annual cleanup aims to build a sense of community and increase understanding of the environmental stewardship necessary to improve water quality in our region.
