
2021 Event Info
Cleanup Date:
Saturday, 9/11/2021
Team Leader & Volunteer Registration:
- To volunteer, please email cleanup@erwc.org to confirm your usual segment if you are a team leader or to join an existing team.
- Registration is required, as teams are assigned specific waterway sections. Registration WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, September 3. We cannot accept new teams or members after this time, so please plan accordingly.
Thank You BBQ:
- This year’s Thank You BBQ will not be happening, but don’t worry – we do plan to bring these great events back, and anticipate beginning again after the spring highway cleanup in 2022!
The rivers and streams of the Eagle River watershed are coveted around the globe as world-class locations to recreate in everything from whitewater rafting and kayaking to fly fishing and tubing. However all the use the rivers receive takes a toll. To protect our rivers and streams and to give back to an ecosystem that provides so much to us, each fall, we get down and dirty for a day of cleaning along our waterways.
The annual Eagle River Cleanup, presented by Vail Resorts EpicPromise, is a hallmark event of the Watershed Council and one that exhibits the dedication of our mountain community. More than 350 volunteers from local businesses, organizations, families and friends annually show their commitment to conserving our beautiful valley by forming teams to clean up over 68 miles of Eagle County rivers and streams.
Following the event, we announce the winner of the Most Unusual Piece of Trash Award, who will have the honor of keeping Bigmouth Billy Bass, a singing fish trophy, for one year in honor of their unique find!
Thank You, Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Vail Resorts EpicPromise
Cutthroat Trout Sponsor ($5000+*)
Eagle County
Great Blue Heron Sponsors ($2,500*)
Eagle River Water & Sanitation District
Rotary Club of Vail
Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority
River Otter Sponsors ($1000*)
1st Bank
Alpine Engineering
Eagle River Foundation
Edwards Metropolitan District
Encore Electric
Loff Roofing Services
Town of Gypsum
Town of Vail
Vail Board of Realtors
Rainbow Trout Sponsors ($500*)
Alpine Quest Sports
Antlers at Vail
Eagle Ranch Association
Leonard Rice Engineers
Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate
Town of Avon
United Companies
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa
Dragonfly Sponsors ($250*)
American Rivers
Arrigoni Woods
Collett Enterprises
Town of Eagle
In-Kind Sponsors
Always Mountain Time
Colorado Department of Transportation
Loaded Joe’s – Avon
Lotic Hydrological
Moe’s Original BBQ – Eagle
Vail Daily