PHOTOS: Sweep the Hooch

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PHOTOS: Sweep the Hooch

The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River.

Volunteers walk Proctor Creek looking for trash during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (foreground) bags trash along Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta Saturday, March 26, 2022. Proctor Creek runs through Atlanta and ultimately empties into the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteer Rhett Rutherford bags trash along Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Proctor Creek runs through Atlanta and ultimately empties into the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteers bag trash found in Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteers walk Proctor Creek looking for trash during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Proctor Creek runs through Atlanta and ultimately empties into the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (right) bags trash along Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

A volunteer removes trash from Proctor Creek during Sweep The Hooch day in Atlanta Saturday, March 26, 2022. Proctor Creek runs through Atlanta and ultimately empties into the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Eric Pinckney bags trash near an abandoned car that sits in Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteer Rhett Rutherford shows a no parking sign he found in Proctor Creek near an abandoned car during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Atlanta Councilmember Dustin Hillis (right) and Mayor Andre Dickens bag trash along Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteers remove trash from Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Kelly Carroll bags trash along Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Eric Pinckney (center) pulls trash from an abandoned car that sits in Proctor creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Atlanta City Council member Dustin Hillis (right) and Mayor Andre Dickens (center) head for the river with the other volunteers at the start of Sweep the Hooch day at Proctor Creek at Grove Park on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Volunteers listen to safety instructions from site lead Tim Cook before the start of Sweep the Hooch day at Proctor Creek on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

A volunteer removes trash from Proctor Creek during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens talks to the volunteers before the start of Sweep the Hooch day at Proctor Creek at Grove Park Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Mayor of Atlanta Andre Dickens poses for a photograph with the other volunteers at the start of Sweep the Hooch day at Proctor Creek at Grove Park on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Jason Ulseth with the Riverkeepers puts a sign near the entrance of Proctor Creek at Grove Park before the start of the Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Credit: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Volunteers walk Proctor Creek looking for trash during Sweep the Hooch day in Atlanta on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The annual watershed-wide trash cleanup brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries and access points along the Chattahoochee River. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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