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Riverkeeper makes Litter-Free repair

Environmental, Litter-Free Rivers, Sound Rivers, Tar-Pamlico Watershed

Posted on May 14th, 2026

Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Katey Zimmerman celebrates her trash-trap repair on Jack's Creek.

Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Katey Zimmerman made a much-needed repair to a Jack’s Creek trash trap last week.

The trash trap, located on a small tributary of Jack’s Creek in Washington, had broken free of one of its anchor lines, which meant it was failing on the trash-trapping job.

Katey came to the rescue, reattaching the line and its buoys, and putting the trap back in Litter-Free action, and picked up a load of trash in the trap, creek and on the banks while she was at it.

Thank you, Katey, for fixing the trap and helping Jack’s Creek stay litter-free!

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Find out more about Sound Rivers’ Litter-Free Rivers program here!

The before-the-fix photo.
An impromptu cleanup netted a large garbage bag of trash.

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