DEP postpones Davis Creek flood cleanup

A state-sponsored volunteer cleanup of flood debris along DavisCreek has been postponed due to high water.

The state Department of Environmental Protection had planned toconduct a two-day cleanup Friday and Saturday. The agency issued apress release early today rescheduling the cleanup for 8 a.m. April9.

DEP spokeswoman Jessica Greathouse said the cleanup has beenreduced to one-day because it's at the start of the Easter weekend.Volunteers should meet at the Davis Creek entrance to the forest.

Environmental Protection Secretary Stephanie Timmermeyer said in apress release that she came up with the idea for the cleanup whiledriving to the forest to go mountain biking.

DEP employees, Division of Highways employees and members of theDavis Creek Watershed Association and Loudendale CommunityAssociation are participating in the cleanup.

For more information, call 558-4253 or e-mail DEP spokeswomanJessica Greathouse at jgreathouse@wvdep.org.