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Living Lands & Waters expects to carry out its mission as a non-profit river cleanup organization more reliably with American River Transportation Company's (ARTCO) recent donation of a 750 hp. towboat.The former Nancy S is being renamed the mv. River Cleanup and will have the capability of pushing 11 loaded barges at one time, said Cal-lie Schaser, communications specialist for LL&W.The tug will be used to transport barges loaded with equipment and debris collected by Living Lands & Waters, which operates on the water nine months a year, removing garbage from the Mississippi River watershed. In a typical cleanup season, which lasts from March to November, Living Lands & Waters spends time on five or more rivers, visiting dozens of river communities and providing free educational workshops, planting trees and cleaning the river shoreline. |