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Why nearly 1,200 people spent their Saturday cleaning the Chattahoochee River

Sarah Pierce, a business students at the University of North Georgia Dahlonega, picks up a mop found along the shore during Sweep the Hooch at Lake Lanier Olympic Park on Saturday, April 6, 2019. The event is put on by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper with two cleanup sites in Hall County. - photo by Austin Steele

04072019 HOOCH 001.JPG — Sarah Pierce, a business students at the University of North Georgia Dahlonega, picks up a mop found along the shore during Sweep the Hooch at Lake Lanier Olympic Park on Saturday, April 6, 2019. The event is put on by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper with two cleanup sites in Hall County. - photo by Austin Steele

Nearly 1,200 volunteers spent Saturday, April 6 wading, paddling or walking along the Chattahoochee River, picking up massive amounts of trash during the ninth-annual Sweep the Hooch event.