Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will host a cleanup on the Kansas River to coincide with Earth Day on Saturday.

Volunteers removing discarded tires illegally dumped in the river near Linwood will include KDHE Secretary Robert Moser and others.

Participants will meet near Eudora at 8:30 a.m. to float the Kansas River in canoes and pick up debris along the way. The tire cleanup near Linwood will start around 11:30 a.m.