First phase of Stormwater Litter Management Plan initiated for Capitol Lake
BATON ROUGE, La. — The first phase of a stormwater litter management plan for Capitol Lake was launched on Oct. 7, marking a significant step in addressing plastic pollution in one of Baton Rouge’s critical water systems. Capitol Lake, a 70-acre, man-made, retention basin, has been plagued by severe litter and sediment accumulation due to […]
Osprey Initiative Announces First Impact Report
We are thrilled to share a significant milestone for Osprey Initiative: the release of our very first Impact Report! This comprehensive report highlights the achievements we made in 2023, reflecting our ongoing mission to bridge the gap between intent and action in sustainability. Here’s a glimpse of what you can expect in the report: How […]
Fairhope accepting recycled glass into concrete for Flying Creek Nature Preserve
FAIRHOPE — The City of Fairhope is partnering with the Osprey Initiative to collect recyclable glass products to be turned into concrete for Flying Creek Nature Preserve and is accepting glass until Oct 4. “This is the first time that we’ve done anything like this in Fairhope,” said Nicole Love, grants coordinator for the city. […]
Collaborating to clean up Monte Sano Bayou
BATON ROUGE, La.—The Louisiana Stormwater Coalition (LSC), LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, BREC and ExxonMobil successfully “Bashed the Trash” at Monte Sano Bayou, located in north Baton Rouge near Interstate 110 and ExxonMobil’s facility earlier this month. Monte Sano Bayou is part of the BREC park system and is on LSC’s list of critical stormwater demonstration […]
Catch It If You Can: New ‘Litter Gitter’ Installed to Capture Trash Before It Reaches Bayview Lake
Don Bates was born to be an outdoorsman. His family in Louisiana was composed of commercial fishermen, largely catching catfish and crabs. “I grew up doing that for fun,” he said. “My life has been around water. It’s always been around water.” It was that love of water that moved Bates to found Osprey Initiative and to […]
Osprey Initiative workers remove litter from Buck Creek
ALABASTER – A group of workers joined together on Friday, July 12 to work to keep Alabaster’s Buck Creek clean as part of a continued partnership between the city of Alabaster and Osprey Initiative. The city of Alabaster has partnered with Osprey Initiative for years to keep Buck Creek clean and the city saw workers […]
Mobile Bay Magazine’s 5th Annual Watershed Awards
Mobile Bay’s Annual Honor recognizes the environmental guardians of our communities. Coastal Alabama’s waterways are as diverse as the people who love them. Baldwin and Mobile counties contain streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, bayous and the Gulf of Mexico. Our H20, salty or fresh, teams with fish and wildlife from tadpoles to sharks. But do not […]
Tangi embarks on groundbreaking anti-litter project at local festival
Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said #TeamTangi litter crews, local volunteers, and representatives from the Osprey Initiative were on site at the Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival all weekend long, collecting trash and sorting materials for recycling. The project marks a first for Tangipahoa Parish’s spring festivals, thanks to a Greener Grounds grant from Keep Louisiana […]
City’s recycling hubs on parade route lets revelers catch-and-release their throws
Recycle Dat is returning to the Uptown parade route during the two major weekends of Carnival 2024. Recycle Dat will operate both Recycling Hubs and Can Stations during the daytime parades for the next two Saturdays and Sundays. Six stationary Recycling Hubs for beer and soft drink cans, beads and glass can be found between […]
Use new blue recycling bins in north shore state parks
This pilot project is made possible through a grant from the Louisiana Beverage Association, whose member companies say they manufacture 100% recyclable bottles and cans, and in coordination with the Pontchartrain Conservancy and the Osprey Initiative.
Recycling pilot project launched at four Louisiana State Parks
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of State Parks announced Tuesday the launch of the Let Louisiana Shine Park Recycling Program, a new recycling pilot project for aluminum cans and #1 PET plastic bottles at four state parks.
Newest litter gitter in Pinson does more than pick up trash, it builds community
For Charline Whyte, the latest installation of a litter gitter on Beaver Creek at Bicentennial Park in Pinson, Alabama gave her goosebumps. For years, Charline, her twin sister Catherine Whyte and fellow volunteer David Randolph have religiously picked up litter along the banks of Beaver Creek and Turkey Creek. Their efforts, which also included organizing roadside litter cleanups, […]
New floating ‘litter boom’ aims to keep Chattanooga Creek clean
A floating boom will work to keep Chattanooga Creek clean by catching litter and other debris.
Floating litter collection device installed on Chattanooga Creek
Chattanooga Creek is now home to a litter boom, a floating trash collection device installed Tuesday near the Wheland trailhead of the Tennessee Riverwalk. “We have 180,000 residents in addition to all those visitors and tourists who come through, which, as you can imagine, can lead to … a lot of litter,” Maria Price, engineering […]
Davenport looking for spring cleanup volunteers
Last summer, Davenport participated in a pilot project to install four “litter gitters” in creeks that would catch garbage and record data to figure out the biggest litter sources and locations.
Cleanup removes 10 acres of trash from Burden wetland
Alabama-based environmental contractor Osprey Initiative was contracted to remove and study the trash at the Burden.
Ten acres of litter removed from Burden wetland
Osprey will work with the LSU AgCenter and Tricoeur Engineering Services to determine where to strategically place different devices to test their efficiency in catching litter before it flows into the Burden wetland.
Nearly $1M cleanup effort includes Burden Museum and Gardens pit
Gov. John Bel Edwards, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and LSU officials today announced federal and state funding for the first phase of the cleanup of a borrow pit at Burden Museum and Gardens that has been collecting trash from stormwater for decades.
Litter Abatement Project at Burden Reaches First Milestone
The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden was the site of a press conference on watershed and stormwater litter abatement efforts.
NEW: Freshwater Land Trust installs 12th Litter Gitter in Greater Birmingham area
Freshwater Land Trust (FLT), Wells Fargo, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, and other Project Litter Gitter partners installed their 12th Litter Gitter device this morning in a Valley Creek tributary in west Birmingham.
Local environmental coalitions team up to make The World Games 2022 eco-friendly through recycling
Osprey Initiative is one of several partners working to keep The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama waste-free.
City of Mobile: Osprey Initiative
Under their new contract, Osprey will be maintaining twelve “litter gitters” to trap trash and debris on the surface of various waterways and the City’s large Bandalong Litter Trap in Eslava Creek.
Garbage was flowing down Louisiana waterways. These trap-like devices caught 2 tons of it
Since the Parish entered a grant-funded partnership with Osprey Initiative, three Litter Gitters in the parish have gathered two tons of garbage.
New abatement project to help clean up Mile Branch, Tchefuncte River
There will soon be a demonstration project to control litter in Mile Branch, one of Covington’s major streams flowing into the Tchefuncte River, thanks to a new Healthy Communities Grant awarded to Keep Covington Beautiful. The project will feature a litter boom that intercepts floating debris in Mile Branch near Pine View Middle School. The […]
Trash Free Waters Project to focus on cleaning up Jones, Carpenter and Pond creeks
Northwest Florida is home to a new estuary program whose mission is restoring and protecting the water quality and natural resources of the Pensacola and Perdido watersheds. The program, known as the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program, is using a $2 million grant to establish a comprehensive conservation management plan. PPBED received funding from the EPA […]
Tarrant is now home to Jefferson County’s 11th Litter Gitter
Last week, Project Litter Gitter installed its 11th “litter gitter” device in Jefferson County and the first in Five Mile Creek and Tarrant, Alabama.
Waterways cleanups progress to Milton area
Northwest Florida is home to a new estuary program whose mission is restoring and protecting the water quality and natural resources of the Pensacola and Perdido watersheds. The program, known as the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program, is using a $2 million grant to establish a comprehensive conservation management plan. PPBED received funding from the EPA […]
Toledo installs trash traps to keep Lake Erie clean
The goal is to catch the garbage before it can even reach the lake. TOLEDO, Ohio — The city of Toledo is installing seven trash capture devices in waterways within five miles of Lake Erie to catch debris before it even reaches the lake in an effort to keep the lake clean. “By the time […]
Litter-Gitter now collecting floatable waste in Fayetteville
A new device is helping to clean up floatable waste from Clear Creek in Fayetteville. The city, in partnership with the Osprey Initiative, the Illinois River Watershed Partnership, and others, have installed a ‘Litter-Gitter’ across a portion of the waterway to help collect floatable waste from the creek. The device, located on Clear Creek just […]
Clam Bayou’s New Litter Gitter
A cage-like device floating in Clam Bayou – dubbed “litter gitter” by scientists – has one job to do: report on the amount and types of waste in Florida waterways. The Osprey Initiative team, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, deployed Clam Bayou’s “litter gitter” on Tuesday, May 4 in an effort to […]