The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Transportation are encouraging residents to volunteer for “Pick Up Pennsylvania,” a statewide campaign to clean-up streams, rivers and lakes through Nov. 30.

Volunteer groups who participate in the PennDOT Adopt-A-Highway program are also encouraged to participate.

“It’s important to make the connection between actions on the land and their impact on our waters,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. “From community groups to co-workers, the volunteers who understand this connection and join in Pick Up Pennsylvania each fall do a world of good for all Pennsylvanians and the ecosystem we depend on.”

Pick Up Pennsylvania is coordinated by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and sponsored by DEP, PennDOT and the Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Zone Cleanup.

Trash bags and gloves will be provided for free. Residents around the state can use the events calendar at cleanup.keeppabeautiful.org/calendar to join registered cleanup events in their community.

Those who want to register their own local cleanup can do so at www.keeppabeautiful.org/programs/pick-up-pa/organize-an-event.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about 80% of marine debris originates as land trash.