May 03, 2025
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Photos: RRDA cleans the canal

By Alex T. Paschal
Connor Fritz, 11, drains his boot after working to pick up trash at Centennial Park Saturday. The Rock River Development Authority organized a day of cleaning along the canal in recognition of Earth Day.

Connor Fritz, 11, drains his boot after working to pick up trash at Centennial Park Saturday. The Rock River Development Authority organized a day of cleaning along the canal in recognition of Earth Day. (Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com/credit)

The Rock River Development Authority organized over 50 volunteers on Saturday to help clean up the Hennepin Canal in recognition of Earth Day, which was Friday.

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Gabriel Eilers, 12, picks up trash at Centennial Park in Rock Falls on Saturday as part of an Earth Day clean-up event organized by the Rock River Development Authority. The RRDA had more than 50 volunteers hit the canal on Saturday, doing their part to clean up the waterway.

Gabriel Eilers, 12, picks up trash at Centennial Park in Rock Falls, Saturday, April 23, 2022 as part of an Earth Day clean up event organized by the Rock River Development Authority. The RRDA had over 50 volunteers hit the canal on Saturday, doing their part to clean up the waterway. (Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com/credit)

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Alex T. Paschal

Photojournalist/columnist for Sauk Valley Media