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Ankeny

Team Marsh

Andrea Marsh
Four Mile Creek
Ankeny from NE 118th - I35
Members Since Aug. 2013

Altoona

Mitchell's Stream
In honor of Mitchell Garrison

Sharyn O'Connor
Little Four Mile Creek
Greenway Park to Adventureland Dr.
Members Since May 2015

Clive

Green & Sustainable Clive
Jennifer Easler
Walnut Creek through Clive Greenbelt Park
Members Since April 2013

Michael & Lisa McCoy
Michael McCoy
Walnut Creek - 86th St. to 100th St. 
Members Since March 2013

Des Moines

Central Campus Marine Bio.
Dr. Gregory Barod
Raccoon River - MLK Jr. Pkwy - Des Moines River
Members since Sept. 2016

Green Iowa Americorps
Volunteer Coordinator
Raccoon River from SW 30th to Fleur St. 
Members Since May 2014

Schafer Family
Alec Shafer
Four Mile Creek
NE 62nd Ave to NE 54th Ave
Berwick, IA

Flatheads Forever by the Malloys
Cody Malloy
Des Moines River
NW 66th Ave. to I-80
Johnston, IA

Iowa Air National Guard 132D Wing
Rolf G. Osteraas
515.261.8760
Frink Creek from Park Ave to SW McKinley Ave
Members since July 2014






 

Park Patrol
Erin Hummel
Raccoon River from Foster Dr. to SW 30th St.
Members Since May 2016

RDG Creek Crew
Sean Gannon
Tributary of the DSM River, 1st Tributary S. of Euclid and to the W.
& N. Walnut Creek, Douglas to Hickman
Members Since Feb. 2013

SOG on Walnut Creek
Steve Falck
Walnut Creek - Foster Dr. to Raccoon River
Member Since Oct. 2014

Grimes
 
Foth Infrastructure & Environment
Shani Wahl
N. Walnut Creek, Cuttys to Plum Dr.
Members Since Oct. 2016

Johnston

Johnston Forevergreens

Pleasant Hill

Riley Resource Group
Robert Riley, Jr. 
Four Mile Creek from Easton Blvd. to E. University & the W. Side of Copper Creek Lake
Members Since April 2014

Garcia Family
Heather Garcia
Calamus Creek
S27 West to NE 166th Ave and SW of S27
Maxwell, IA


 

Iowa Rivers Revival
Sara Carmichael
Four Mile Creek, from Dean Ave. to Vandalia Rd. 
Members Since Fall 2016
 

Runnells

Bishop Farms
Josie Lehman
Camp Creek from SE 124th to the end of the creek
Members Since 2013

Urbandale

Hikiji Family
Miyoko Hikiji
Plum Dr. to Meredith Dr. (NW 46th Ave.)
Members Since 2018

West Des Moines

Jordan Creek Master River Team
Susan Kozak
Jordan Creek from I-35 S. Bridge W. to 57th St.
Members Since March 2015

Windsor Heights

Walnut Creek Watershed Coalition
Darren Fife
N. Walnut Creek from Air Quality on Hickman to Walnut Creek on 73rd
Members Since Feb. 2013

Dowling Catholic Environmental Science
Ryan Lensing
Tributary to Walnut Creek - SW Corner of Dowling's Campus, E. Past the YMCA where it enters Walnut Creek
Members Since Feb. 2013
 

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