Barge-Based Trash Basher: Chad Pregracke

The operation's name affirms its goal: Living Lands and Waters, and it's founder is a powerhouse of encouraging experience for humans along many shores. As Chad Pregracke proudly reports, LLW has worked on 23 Rivers in 20 States, mobilizing 98,000 Volunteers to pull more than 9.2 million pounds of Trash OUT of U.S. waterways. Right livelihood, on a barge. Since this guy was 17.                 Chad is a Green Giant - and his LLW crew and circles of helpers and supporters are doing some of the most amazing, effective and necessary work around. Including connecting people of all political persuasions to our land's big rivers, in ways that enable us all to experience being good citizens of our nation and our Earth. This Earthworms is a rockin' good listen! Music: Extremist Stomp - performed live at KDHX by Pokey laFarge and Ryan Spearman THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms' Engineer Related Earthworms Conversations: Missouri River Relief (March 2017) Mississippi Watershed Mayors take Infrastructure Plan to Washington (March 2017)