- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/coleman-creek-cleanup/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:23:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students clean Coleman Creek /news-archive/2019/11/08/students-clean-coleman-creek/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:23:06 +0000 /news/?p=75610 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students clean Coleman Creek]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student volunteers helped clean up Coleman Creek in honor of Sustainability Day on Oct. 23.听 Students who volunteered include Seth Cook, Eireona Flowers, Jerrica Gipson, Caleb Head, Makira Hines, Kevin Jones-Benjamin, Willie LeBlanc, Cecily Mobley, DeShawn Parks, and Kameron Wayne.听 鈥淚 came to help clean up the cleanup the creek,鈥 said LeBlanc, a junior mass communication major. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important because there is wildlife that lives in and around the creek. It鈥檚 good for the environment.鈥听 Seth Cook, a biology graduate student and graduate assistant with the Emerging Analytics Center, was inspired to organize creek cleanup days after interning with the Sustainability Committee.听 鈥淲hen I was an intern in 2015, I got involved with the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Campaign,鈥 Cook said. 鈥淎fter my internship, I kept the connection and felt it was a good way for students to volunteer on campus.鈥听 It鈥檚 especially important to keep Coleman Creek clean because it empties into Fourche Creek. It鈥檚 considered the most important urban watershed in Arkansas, since the watershed drains and filters runoff from Arkansas鈥檚 capital city.听 鈥淚鈥檝e always had the sustainability mindset, especially since interning with the Sustainability Committee,鈥 Cook said. 鈥淭hese cleanup days are important because this is our one opportunity to catch trash in Coleman Creek before in empties into Fourche. Who knows where the trash will go after that?鈥
A small group of student volunteers participate in a Sustainability Day Clean Up event picking up trash along Coleman Creek. Photo by Ben Krain.

Sustainability Day volunteers remove trash from Coleman Creek before it enters Fourche Creek and the urban watershed that filters runoff from Little Rock. Photo by Ben Krain.

]]> Coleman Creek cleanup day planned for March 10 /news-archive/2018/03/01/coleman-creek-cleanup-day-2/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:36:20 +0000 /news/?p=69613 ... Coleman Creek cleanup day planned for March 10]]> As part of a citywide effort to beautify the city, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service will hold a cleanup of Coleman Creek on Saturday, March 10.听 The effort is part of the event, where volunteers work to beautify locations all over Little Rock. The cleanup will be a half-day event starting with volunteer check-in at 8 a.m. at the Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service parking lot. Cleanup work will begin at 8:30 a.m. and finish at noon. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty, staff, and students, as well as members of the public, are invited to volunteer during the cleanup day. Volunteers are encouraged to wear appropriate shoes like rain boots and waders and to bring work gloves. Volunteers can. Contact Kristin Higgins at khiggins@uaex.edu or 501-671-2160 for more information. ]]>