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The 37th Annual Ijams River Rescue is March 21, 2026 (severe weather rain date is March 28)! This event is a great way to safely get out, get active, and clean up the Tennessee River and its creeks and streams to make the Greater Knoxville Area an even better place to live, work, and play!
This event brings together hundreds of volunteers to remove between 10-40 tons of trash from the Tennessee River’s shorelines and its tributary creeks. In 2025, about 518 volunteers removed over 34,402 pounds of garbage from 34 sites!
Outdoor cleanups are a great way to give back and get active. Everyone who volunteers will receive a t-shirt featuring a wonderful design by Stephen Lyn Bales.
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| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| 1st Creek at Kroger/Fulton High School | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 2217 North Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee 37917 Site meeting location is at the Fulton end of the Broadway Shopping Center.
Site Captains: Gaines Lee and Donna Lyons | This is a large site near Old North Knox where volunteers will focus on the 1st Creek Greenway/Fulton High School side. This site has steep hills, parking lot traffic, and there is a very large and active homeless population in the area. This site needs able bodies to climb in... | 24/25 | Over |
| 1st Creek at Northgate Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 4326 North Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee 37917 Park on the backside of the shopping center on the opposite end of Office Depot. | This site is located off Broadway in north Knoxville. This is typically a very heavily littered site. The land areas behind the shopping center and across the bridge around the Northgate Terrace Apartments are fairly flat and accessible. The banks to get down to the creek are very steep. This... | 21/22 | Over |
| 1st Creek at Volunteer Landing Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 956 Volunteer Landing Lane Knoxville, Tennessee 37915 Plenty of parking at Volunteer Landing. Site Captain: Jerry Weaver | This site is a boat site at Volunteer Landing. There is also an opportunity on the land for 2-3 volunteers that prefer to do land pickup rather than pickup on the water. Ijams will provide all supplies and t-shirts. Please register here to ensure we have all the supplies ready... | 14/14 | Over |
| 2nd Creek at Baxter Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 518 West Baxter Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 Park at the old Palm Beach Mill Outlet building
Site Captains: George and Teresa Ford | This site is located in the Happy Holler neighborhood of Knoxville. There is trash all along the railroad tracks down to the creek and up to the old Palm Beach Mill Outlet Building. | 32/40 | Over |
| 2nd Creek at Davanna Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 1500 Davanna Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37917 Site meeting location is under the overpass of Woodland on Davanna Ave. The site captains are Trevor and Aubrey Aguirre. | This site is located near the Happy Holler neighborhood of Knoxville. This site has some steep areas, has some litter along the roadside and will need several volunteers to wear waders to be able to remove the trash from the creek. | 21/21 | Over |
| 3rd Creek Greenway Park Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 3110 Sutherland Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 There are 10 parking spots at the greenway entrance off Sutherland. There is additional parking across the street. Site Captains: Christina and Malcolm Guthrie | This site is located off of Sutherland Ave in the Marble City neighborhood of Knoxville. 3rd creek runs through the park and 2 or 3 volunteers will need to be willing to wear waders to get into the water to clean out trash from the creek. There is a paved... | 16/16 | Over |
| 4th Creek at McKays Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 230 Papermill Place Way Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 Site Captain: Paige Crane | This is clean up along 4th Creek and the overflow drainage that runs along Papermill Place Way in front of McKay's Bookstore. | 15/15 | Over |
| Alcoa Site at Pistol Creek | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | Q2J7+34 Alcoa, Tennessee 37701 | This site is in Alcoa near Pistol Creek. The main areas of trash are along the roadside, which is flat, and down to the creek is rather steep with a lot of trees, shrubs and roots. Site captain is Michelle Wilson. | 16/16 | Over |
| Beaver Creek behind Food City on Clinton Hwy | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 7350 Clinton Highway Powell, Tennessee 37849 | This is a private site managed by captain Cesia Perez. Participants should register here so that Ijams can provide enough supplies and t-shirts. | 12/12 | Over |
| Forks of the River | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 5428 Strawberry Plains Pike Knoxville, TN 37914 | This is a public clean up site at the Forks of the River Park. This site is captained by Sydney Chianelli and Kait Klema. | 15/15 | Over |
| Fountain City Skate Park Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 2540 Maple Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37918 Site Captains: Courtney Winters | This site is in the Fountain City neighborhood of north Knoxville. This site is fairly flat but most of the trash is inside a fenced area that has a lot of trees/roots and is on a slope so it is not super easily accessible. There may be a need... | 17/17 | Over |
| Howe Street Park Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 255 West Edison Street Alcoa, Tennessee 37701 The park has a parking lot
Site Captains: Brittney Whipple | This site is located in Alcoa near Pistol creek. In addition to cleaning up the park, there is a lot of trash along the roadsides and behind the railroad tracks near the creek. | 16/16 | Over |
| Ijams Grayson Subaru Preserve Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 3518 Island Home Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 Meet and park at Mead's Quarry.
Site captain: Ben Nanny | This site is located at Ijams Nature Center. Meeting location will be at Mead's Quarry and then volunteers will walk to the Grayson Subaru Preserve area. Ben Nanny will determine exact cleanup location. Some roadside cleanup and along Toll Creek with some sloping and steep terrain. | 25/27 | Over |
| Ned McWherter Park Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 1648 Riverside Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37915 There is plenty of parking at the site location. Site Captains: Allison and Lilah von Greunigan | This site is located along the TN River underneath the James White Parkway overpass. This site is for land cleanup only. The site is easily accessible but the roadside area here is fairly busy and on a sharp curve. Safety vests will be provided. | 24/24 | Over |
| Scottish Pike Park Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 2801 Scottish Pike Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 There is only space for about 5 or 6 cars at the park. Site Captain: Andy Zimmerman | This site is located near the River Bluff Wildlife area of South Knoxville. This park is easily accessible, it runs along the TN river but most of the trash is near the railroad tracks. | 24/24 | Over |
| The Bluffs/River Bluff Wildlife Area Site | 10:00am (ET) | 1:00pm (ET) | 1028 Cherokee Trail Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 | This is a public site managed by captains Kyleigh Mueller and Makenzie Read. Parking is at the entrance to The Bluffs or up the road at High Ground Park. Participants should register here so that Ijams can provide enough supplies and t-shirts. | 16/17 | Over |
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