River Rescue - A Great Job By A Lot Of People

More than 50 people came out for the underwater portion of this year's River Rescue. And it was a lot of fun. Nearly 40 divers were present along with shore support and those with boats. The weather could have been more sunny, but at least both the air and water temps were pleasant. This year's dive site was at the beach area on the upstream side of the Chickamauga Dam.
The usual collection of bottles, cans, and plastic cups were pulled out of the river today. Along with old tires, wire, and ropes. And surprisingly quite a collection of anchors including one that was made out of a 25 pound barbell weight.
Hats off to Greg Eiche of Choo Choo Diving & Aquatic Center, and Bob Weaver of Leisure Time Dive & Ski Center for helping to co-ordinate this great event. We're lucky to have both dive shops in town.
It will be interesting to see how much junk has been pulled out of the river and it's tributaries today. Around 1,000 volunteers worked the banks from the Shellmound Recreation Area at Nickajack to Mouse Creek in Bradley County today. And sadly, I'm sure it was a mountain of trash that was collected.