On Saturday, August 17th, 2024, join Autrey Mill Nature Preserve for the City of Johns Creek initiative as they encourage their citizens to clean up the City’s namesake – Johns Creek.
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve’s
Johns Creek Creek Cleanup & Crawl II
Click the link above to pre-register for the Johns Creek Crawl and Clean up!
Registration is encouraged but not required; walk-ups are welcome. Anyone under 18 must have an adult guardian at the walk-up to sign the liability waiver. An adult must accompany anyone under 14 for the entire event.
Farmbrook Subdivision
Where:
In Front of a private residence | Parking will be across the street
9625 Farmbrook Lane
Johns Creek, GA 30022
When:
Saturday, August 17th, 2024
9 AM – 12 PM
What to wear:
Water shoes, boots, or waders
More information:
- We will focus on the section of Johns Creek that starts right under the Buice Road bridge and head up stream between the Farmbrook and Doublegate subdivisions
- Park across the street from the meeting point. We recommend carpooling and or walking if you are close enough!
- Bring water shoes, a hat, a water bottle(reusable), sunscreen, and bug repellant, as you may need. The Creek banks are high, and we may be unable to walk above the land.
- Supplies will include water to refill your water bottle, a first aid kit, a cell phone (to take pictures and for 911 calls if needed), trash bags, gloves, and “grabbers.”
- We’ll introduce ourselves and briefly overview the importance of cleaning our watershed.
- Then, we’ll team up for safety and split the group into two to clean the smaller Cameron Creek up the road and the Johns Creek.
All homeowners and their neighbors are encouraged to join us or look at streams/tributaries closer to their homes to help. The debris and litter collected will be sorted/bagged/weighed in the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve gravel parking lot, and then the city will properly dispose of the waste.
Storm Water Credit:
Participating Johns Creek residents can use a 10% Stormwater credit to apply toward the Stormwater Fee next year. See the link below for more details. Examples of qualifying events include stream cleanups hosted by Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, Chattahoochee Riverkeepers, Keep North Fulton Beautiful, Rivers Alive, or other events that are in accordance with Adopt-A-Stream or Adopt-A-Road guidelines.
https://www.johnscreekga.gov/JCGA/Media/PDF-PW/Stormwater-Credit-Manual.pdf
Required documentation:
Submit a fee credit application, a screen print or confirmation email of event registration, and a photograph of participation in the event.
Last year, on August 19th and September 30th, we had a very successful clean-up of Johns Creek by the Double Gate subdivision and the Medlock Bridge Subdivision.
- We had a combined 80 volunteers (many from MLB and Doublegate, along with Johns Creek Stormwater Utility Manager Cory Rayburn)
- A combined 600 lbs of trash was removed (that’s a lot of empty plastic water bottles and old tennis balls)
On Saturday, March 30th, 2024, join Autrey Mill Nature Preserve for the annual Sal’s Creek Clean-up right here at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve.
