Tag: Wake County Big Sweep

SWC Teams Up with Big Sweep and Siemens to Preserve Farm Land

March 8, 2026

This family farm has been nurtured by several generations, and is now surrounded by encroaching suburbia near Wendell, NC.  The team, along with family members, collected 5200 pounds of trash, 52 tires, 2 utility trailer chassis and decades worth of vapor barrier material used in seeding.  These efforts support the family’s application for an agricultural … More SWC Teams Up with Big Sweep and Siemens to Preserve Farm Land

Let’s Help with Wake County’s Big Sweep

February 17, 2026

Big Sweep of Wake County has invited South Wake Conservationists to assist them in a clean-up for Friday, February 27 at a farm in Wendell, NC. We’ve collaborated  with Big Sweep in past events with great success and we’re looking forward to helping them on this one. Wake County Big Sweep is a citizen volunteer effort to protect our watersheds, … More Let’s Help with Wake County’s Big Sweep

Dix Park and Rocky Branch Creek Big Sweep

March 20, 2023

All hands on deck! Come join the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and Wake County Big Sweep in removing litter from Rocky Branch near Dix Park in downtown Raleigh. Help remove litter that directly pollutes the Walnut Creek watershed. Volunteers will park at the large parking lot in front of the Chapel (1030 Richardson Dr. Raleigh, NC 27603) and meet at the Greenway Trail Head at Dorothea Dix Park on Tate … More Dix Park and Rocky Branch Creek Big Sweep

South Wake Conservationists Participate in Big Sweep at Proposed County Park!

November 4, 2022

On November 04, 2022 South Wake Conservationists teamed up with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Wake County Parks and Recreation and the “Open Space” organization to perform a large litter sweep. The sweep occurred at the proposed site of Beach Bluffs County Park in Willow Springs, NC! Wake County hopes to open the park to … More South Wake Conservationists Participate in Big Sweep at Proposed County Park!