seymour high school students to clean up river in honor of earth day

The Science Club of Seymour High School will work Tuesday, April 22, Earth Day, to clean up a section of the Pigeon River along the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  Clean-up activities should occur between 9:30 a.m. and 12 noon.

Janet King, Faculty, Seymour High School, board member Tennessee Clean Water Network and Renée Hoyos, Executive Director, TN Clean Water Network

The Seymour High School science teachers accompanying the students will be Charlie Householder, Melissa Mynatt, Mary Tankersley, Alexis Toomey, and Kristi McCord.  80 students will participate by cleaning up the river and river banks. 

Park personnel will oversee the event and Becky Nichols, Park Biologist, will speak to the group.  The students want both to learn about water quality and how to make a difference in keeping our water healthy.

TCWN is sponsoring the event as part of its education outreach. 

 Renée Victoria Hoyos, Executive Director of TCWN, and Janet King, TCWN board member and faculty member at Seymour High School, will accompany the group. 

Directions; Go through Pigeon Forge into Gatlinburg and turn left onto Hwy. 321.  Follow it out of town and past the City Hall complex and Food City and the Subway in the shopping center at the junction with Glades Road (on left).  Head on out 32l further until you see the Open Hearth restaurant and then the BP station on the right.  The stream area is behind those businesses.  The stream is on the boundary of the park.