Fall MEGA Clean-up

On Saturday, September 24, we'll host our fall MEGA Clean-up event. Volunteers will spread out from Shades to Darlington in order to cover as many miles of the creek as possible. Volunteers can go to any of the sites listed below at the 9 AM start time. Directions can also be found at the bottom of this page.

Sites:
Deer’s Mill Covered Bridge
Bachner Nature Reserve
Sugar Creek Campground
Sugar Creek Nature Park
Darlington Covered Bridge

We would greatly appreciate your advance RSVP so we know how many volunteers will be at each site. We will also give FREE T-SHIRTS to all advance registrants.

At the end of the clean-up work, we will meet at the Elston Softball Diamonds for lunch. This lunch will take place at 1 PM. We will provide trash bags, gloves, hand sanitizer, and bottled water during the event. Some sites will also have canoes available for hauling trash. We request that you wear clothes that can get dirty/wet. Additional tools, such as shovels and wheelbarrows, would also be helpful if you can bring them.

The event will take place rain or shine, so please bring a jacket. We request that youth under 16 years of age bring an adult or guardian.

Several businesses and organizations have made this event possible.

Event Sponsors include:
Montgomery County Community Foundation
Crop Production Services
Nucor Steel
Indiana Smallmouth Alliance

Other supports include: JM Thompson Insurance, Sugar Creek Campground, Martin Ruhl - Allstate Insurance, The Juniper Spoon, Law Office of McGaughey & Sosbe, NICHES Land Trust, Chad Budreau – State Farm Insurance, Eagle Embroidery, Pheasants Forever – Coal Creek Chapter

If you know representatives from these sponsors, please thank them for their support.

Directions to the access sites:

Deers Mill Covered Bridge
From Crawfordsville:
Take SR 47 south (past the high school) to SR 234
Turn Right (west) onto SR 234
Park in the DNR lot on the left side of the road

Bachner Nature Reserve
From Crawfordsville:
Take 32 West
Turn left on 325 W (Camp Rotary Rd.)
Turn right on 250 S (Offield Monument Rd.)
The reserve is at the bottom of the hill

Sugar Creek Campground
From Crawfordsville:
Take 136W (Waynetown Rd) west
Turn right on 83 N after you cross Sugar Creek
Follow the signs to the campground

Sugar Creek Nature Park
Follow 231 N out of Crawfordsville
Turn left on Lafayette Rd.
Park in the Elston Softball Diamond lot

Darlington Covered Bridge
From Crawfordsville:
Take SR 47 north toward Darlington
Turn left on 625 E (by the mini mart)
Turn left on 500 N
Follow the drive (600 E) to the covered bridge