Volunteers work to keep the Allegheny’s riverbanks clean in Natrona, Tarentum as part of 3 rivers effort

Friends and Natrona residents Tim Negley (left) and Justin McConville, right, grab cleanup gear before volunteering Saturday morning on the Allegheny River during the annual Allegheny CleanWays river cleanup in the Natrona section of Harrison.

A volunteer picks up tires along the banks of the Allegheny River on Saturday morning in Harrison’s Natrona neighborhood during the Allegheny CleanWays river cleanup.

Volunteers Larissa Gula of Carnegie (background) and Lyssa Eberhardt of Pittsburgh’s Strip District (foreground) collect trash Saturday morning along the banks of the Allegheny River in Harrison’s Natrona neighborhood.

Volunteers gather Saturday morning at the kayak boat launch in Natrona for the annual Allegheny CleanWays river cleanup. It’s a two-day cleanup event held in Natrona on Saturday and in Tarentum on Sunday on the Allegheny River.

Allegheny CleanWays 2021 Volunteer of the Year Larissa Gula, 32, of Carnegie, holds a rubber replica of an animal she collected from the Ohio River last year during a litter pickup event.

Two boats prepare to depart Saturday morning from the kayak launch in Harrison’s Natrona neighborhood during a river cleanup sponsored by Allegheny CleanWays.