Plogtober

Plogtober

Plogtober

OCTOBER 2023
OCTOBER 2023

The Kansas City Plogtober Cleanup is a great way to get outdoors and get some exercise while engaging in a socially responsible activity that beautifies the streamside trails in your community!

 

Trash that ends up on the ground (including discarded PPE from the pandemic) ends up in our water systems– polluting ecosystems and killing vital organisms!

Plogtober 2023 will take place in October across dozens of parks around the Kansas City region. Sign ups are available NOW for our pre-arranged cleanup sites, or you can submit your own team (or fly solo) to pick up litter on your own block!

 

Did you miss out on your county’s group cleanup (see below)? Signup as a “virtual” plogger to pick your own date and location (must be before the point cutoff on October 31). Verify your points by snapping a photo with your trash haul and hashtagging #kcplogtober23 (or email to jgauer@marc.org for points).

If the Survey Monkey sign-up form does not appear when you click the button, you can sign up here instead.

Be Safe!

Take precautions when cleaning up the great outdoors! In Missouri and Kansas, poisonous plants like Poison Ivy (below) can cause a harmful reaction when touched with bare skin. Use a grabber, poker or anything else to remove litter lodged among these kinds of plants. Remember “leaves of three, let it be…” Click below to find more hazardous wildlife you may encounter on nature trails:


2023 Routes

TEAM CLAY COUNTY (2022 Top Plogger Award Winner)

MACKEN PARK
SHOAL CREEK
FISHING RIVER TRAIL
LIBERTY DOWNTOWN
SMITHVILLE 169 HWY
SMITHVILLE COMMERCIAL DR.
SMITHVILLE MAIN STREET

TEAM JOHNSON COUNTY (2021 Top Plogger Award Winner)

TURKEY CREEK STREAMWAY NORTH
TURKEY CREEK STREAMWAY SOUTH
ROLLING RIDGE TRAIL
INDIAN CREEK (OVERLAND PARK)

TEAM EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY (2022 Largest Single Plog Winner)

WATERFALL PARK
ROTARY PARK

TEAM KCMO

BERKLEY RIVERFRONT
LINE CREEK NORTH
BRUSH CREEK
CLIFF DRIVE
INDIAN CREEK (KCMO)

TEAM WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KCK

HEATHWOOD PARK (KCK)

TEAM PLATTE COUNTY

LINE CREEK SOUTH
SOUTH PLATTE TRAIL
ENGLISH LANDING PARK

TEAM MIAMI COUNTY

TONTZVILLE ROAD @ HILLSDALE RESERVOIR