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Yahara River
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Wisconsin
The Yahara River is a picturesque forty five mile long waterway with its headwaters in Dane County Wisconsin, north of Madison. It flows …
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Rock River High Water Alert
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postponement announcements.
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| Section # | Comunity | Anouncment |
| 1 | Horicon | |
| 1a | Waupun | On schedule for July 31st |
| 2 | Hustisford | Postponed - Confirmed |
| 3 | Watertown | Cancelled for this year |
| 4 | Grellton | |
| 5 | Jefferson | |
| 6 | Fort Atkinson | |
| 6a | Lake Koshkonong | |
| 7 | Indianford | |
| 8 | Janesville, City of | On schedule for July 31st |
| 8a | Janesville, North | On schedule for July 31st |
| 8b | Happy Hollow Park | |
| 9 | Beloit | |
| 10 | So. Beloit | |
| 11 | Rockton | Rescheduled possibly September?? |
| 12 | Roscoe | |
| 13 | Machesney Park | |
| 14 | Loves Park | |
| 15 | Rockford | Postponed - Confirmed |
| 15a | Rockford | Postponed - Confirmed |
| 15b | Rockford South | Rescheduled for September 11th |
| 16 | Byron | Canceled for 2010 |
| 17 | Oregon | Rescheduled for August 21st |
| 18 | Grand Detour | Rescheduled to September 11th |
| 19 | Dixon | |
| 20 | Sterling | Rescheduled for August 14th |
| 21 | Rock Falls | Rescheduled for August 21st |
| 22 | Lyndon | |
| 23 | Prophetstown | |
| 24 | Cleveland | |
| 25 | E. Moline | |
| 26 | Moline | |
| 27 | Milan | |
| 28 | Rock Island | |
Mother Nature has dealt us a blow with the heavy rains over the weekend. This has caused severe flooding of the
Rock River Valley from Horicon, Wisconsin to Rock Island, Illinois. This morning I received a message stating that Captain Morelock
of the IDNR has closed the Rock River in all counties in Illinois until further notice. Yesterday morning the Rock River crested in
Byron at about 16.4' and is presently receding. The National Weather Service predicts the Rock River to be at approximately 11.5'
at Byron by 8:00 AM on Saturday morning. Ref:
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lot&gage=byri2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
That is still approximately 1' above the action stage.
Some of our northernmost neighbors upriver are passing on that their forecasts are calling for additional rain later this week. I
believe we may be looking at water level readings for the record books when all is said and done.
After careful consideration of water conditions and the safety of our volunteers, the following sections have determined to postpone
the Rock River Sweep in their community or area. We at Rock River Sweep.org fully support their decisions. There is not one piece of
trash or litter out there worth risking life or limb for. Rescheduled dates will be determined individually by section and have not
yet been selected. Please monitor our web-site at www.rockriversweep.org, our Facebook page at Rock River Sweep.org, and your local
media sources for updated information and additional section postponements as they come in.
Do not forget, we have not failed! We have only encountered an obstacle. How we handle this obstacle is up to us. I say that we accept
life as it comes to us, adjust where necessary, celebrate the day for what it may bring, and alter our plans accordingly.
Keeping the safety of our volunteers in mind at all times,
Frank
Frank Masterman
Founder and Volunteer Staff Member
Rock River Sweep.org
(A river clean-up… and more)
Oregon, IL
e-mail: contact@rockriversweep.org
web address: www.rockriversweep.org
Facebook: Rock River Sweep.org
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The rubbish is out...
The results are in...
And astounding results
they are !
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