2024 Shoreline Cleanup

On March 23, 2024, WATeR held its 21st Annual Tellico Lakeshore Cleanup — and the community showed up in a big way. More than 250 volunteers from 23 local organizations spent the morning clearing trash from the shoreline before lake levels rise for summer.

Groups came from every corner of the community: Boy Scout Troop 10, Sequoyah High School, Tellico Riders Motorcycle Club, several TV clubs and neighborhood associations (Rarity Bay, Kahite, WindRiver, Foothills Pointe, Harbour Place, and Oonoga Peninsula), local Rotary clubs, the Soggy Bottoms Kayakers, Muddy Boots Hikers, and WATeR's own Trailbuilders, among others.

WindRiver Community volunteers focused their efforts around the East Lakeshore Canal Branch Trailhead. The Tellico Village Fishing Club filled an entire truck bed with debris. Boy Scout Troop 10 tackled the shoreline near the historic Tellico Blockhouse. And the Soggy Bottoms team pitched in alongside dozens of others hauling bags to the collection dumpsters.

None of this would be possible without support from WATeR's Water Quality Committee, which coordinates with TVA for trash bags, gloves, and other supplies, along with waste haul-away support from Loudon County Convenience Centers, TRDA, Waste Connections of Knoxville, and Two Lakes Dumpster in Greenback.

Last year's cleanup pulled 10.8 tons of trash from the shoreline — a number this year's volunteers were determined to match or beat.

Thank you to everyone who came out to help keep Tellico Lake clean!