Baxter Stream Clean Up

Earth Day 2026 litter pick up success! Thank you to the Fort Mill High School Men’s soccer team and members of the FMHS Beta Club for volunteering! There were 46 volunteers who removed 481 pounds of litter.


Keep York County Beautiful
York Soil and Water Conservation District
Action For Nature
PalmettoPride
Fort Mill Stormwater Department
Pamela Evette
Buzz Jacket
York County Recycling
South Carolina Department of Public Health
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Fort Mill High School
EarthDay.org
Henry Kalungi
Fort Mill High School Men's Soccer
South Carolina Litter Control Association

Registration is open! Want to provide service for the community? Individuals, organizations and businesses can participate. It's your county! https://www.yorkcountygov.com/DocumentCenter/View/9651/26-Polar-Bear-Litter-Pickup-Guidelines-and-Fillable-Registration

And here’s the article about the tires and the associated chemicals found in our waterways in the United States and new testing methods.

This is why the PHD student at the Clemson Toxicology lab was interested in my samples at my collection sites. The waterway that I was working in was next to the interstate and the waterways were connected to the Charleston Harbor where she was working.

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-test-measures-toxin-tires-marine-life-helping-understand-risk-marine-species-andelatnt

New Test Measures Toxin from Tires in Marine Life, Helping Understand Risk to Marine Species and Ecosystems NOAA scientists develop method to track toxic chemical in finfish, shellfish, and marine mammals.