Welcome to the City of Fishers Geist Reservoir Cleanup Steward Program. Trash, debris, and pollutants in the reservoir do not stay in one spot forever: it all moves on to other rivers, lakes, and streams. Even the harmful chemicals found in trash, debris, and pollutants present dangers to all forms of aquatic life. Cleaning up our waterways prevents pollution like plastic waste from reaching our oceans. 80% of plastic waste is carried to oceans via small rivers and streams that flow through densely populated urban areas. Plastic in our waterways can get entangled with wildlife, or can sometimes look like food to them. Do your part by becoming a Geist Reservoir Cleanup Steward and help minimize downstream pollution.
This is an on-demand cleanup program to remove trash from Geist Reservoir. The trash drop-off location for this program is at the Northeast corner of Geist Waterfront Park at the end of an old ramp and is designated on the selection map in the link below. The City will monitor the trash drop location and remove trash from the site on a regular basis, but we will not be present at the time of your arrival. You are allowed to drop off any kind of trash that you find that you can fit within your boat. Typical types of trash include buoys, dock floats, polystyrene, paper, metals, plastics, chairs, floatable trash, signs, logs, etc. There are two options per below:
1. Boat Owners: If you have your own canoe, kayak, pontoon, speed boat, or fishing boat and want to participate in the program, select your steward location/cove from our selection map in the link below, launch your boat from your preferred location at one of the marinas or from your personal dock, and drop off the trash at the marked trash drop location as indicated on the selection map. The City will monitor the trash drop location and remove trash from the site on a regular basis. The trash drop location will be marked with a sign and visible from the water and has a GPS coordinate of 85.9108378 degrees west and 39.9492044 degrees north.
2. Non-boat Owners: If you don’t own a boat and still want to participate, simply select one of our land-based cleanup locations on the selection map in the link below and either walk or use your vehicle to get to some of our land-based locations at bridge crossings, etc. All land-based accessible trash can be disposed of at any one of the nearby City park locations that have accessible trash dumpsters such as Brooks School Park, Geist Waterfront Park, or Olio Fields or you may choose to dispose of the trash at your home location if the quantity is small.
How to get involved: If you would like to participate in the Geist Cleanup Steward program, Please Click Here to select your steward location from our selection map. In addition, please click the blue "respond" button for this opportunity. Amy Crell, City of Fishers Volunteer Coordinator, will reach out with more information. If you would like the City of Fishers to supply trash bags and work gloves, please contact Amy Crell at crella@fishers.in.us to schedule a pickup at Fishers Municipal Complex at 1 Municipal Drive.
Reward: Upon completing their first trash pickup, Geist Cleanup Stewards are eligible to claim one of the following free coupons:
- Complimentary order of fries from Shake Shack
- One free 4-pack box of cookies from Crumble Cookies
- $5 off unlimited wash from Crew Carwash
To claim your coupon, please email Amy Crell at crella@fishers.in.us with a picture of you with your trash bag with any part of the reservoir in the background.
