KRB Hosts 2nd GAC for 2017
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ officers recently requested a clean up in the Reservoir Spillway area. On Saturday, October 22, the officers and several Boy Scouts and their parents participated in the efforts. Over 50 bags of litter were retrieved from the rocks, boat landing and on the sandbars. The group is looking… Continue reading KRB Hosts 2nd GAC for ...
Let’s Get Ready and Grow!
KRB has partnered with teachers at Stonebridge, Northwest Rankin Elementary and NWR High School to help teachers meet Science curriculum requirements in planting seeds and growing healthy food. Four raised bed planting tables were donated and students participated in planting lettuce seeds, radishes, carrots and kale! More than 400 students participated in the event. … Continue reading ...
KRB starts the 2017 Great American Clean Up
Last Saturday, about 70 cub scouts and parents helped landscape the Turtle Point Nature Area and Lakeshore Park by mulching flower beds, azaleas and trees and picking up limbs. They also picked up litter below the Spillway. All the efforts are appreciated! Thank you! ...
KEEP THE REZ BEAUTIFUL HOSTS TWO FALL EVENTS
Saturday, October 29th – RESERVOIR BOTANIC GARDENS – FERNS, FALL FLOWERS AND SHRUBS AND VOLUNTEER TO CLEAN UP THE GARDENS! Keep The Reservoir Beautiful would like to invite the public to join KRB and the Reservoir Botanic Garden Club for a fun day in the Reservoir Botanic Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 29th from 9 a.m. –… Continue reading KEEP THE REZ BEAUTIFUL HOSTS TWO FALL EVENTS ...
“HELP ME GO GREEN”
Utilizing the help of KRB’s Director, Rebecca”Becca” Blair, an extraordinary 8-year-old, and her Mom created and started a curbside recycling program, “HELP ME GO GREEN” in Saddlewood neighborhood. KAB’s educational information on recycling, including Waste in Place, has been part of Becca’s plan. Based on past experience while picking up litter below the Reservoir’s ...
Non-Profit Recycler of the Year Award for the State of Mississippi
Keep the Reservoir Beautiful receives Mississippi Recycling Coalition’s 2015 Non-Profit Recycler of the Year Award for the State of Mississippi Keep the Reservoir Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep Mississippi Beautiful, works to promote waste reduction, recycling, composting, litter prevention and beautification in the area of the Ross Barnett Reservoir located in Central Mississippi. KRB ...