article_snippet.sent: (Mike Rowe is coming to a river near you.
article_snippet.sent: Sometimes, you hear about a person who makes you feel good about humanity, but bad about yourself," Mike Rowe says.
article_snippet.sent: On Thursday's episode of "Somebody's Gotta Do It," Mike Rowe meets up with Chad Pregracke, the founder of Living Lands & Waters, who does just that.
article_snippet.sent: Chad Pregracke wants to clean up the nation's rivers one piece of detritus at a time.
article_snippet.sent: Chad Pregracke quota?
article_snippet.sent: Read Mike Rowe Facebook post on how to break our litter habit.
article_snippet.sent: Since Mike Rowe founded the nonprofit in 1998 at the ripe age of 23, Chad Pregracke and more than 87,000 volunteers have collected 8.4 million pounds of trash from U.S. waterways.
article_snippet.sent: Wherever you are, no matter if there's a stream, a creek, a lake, whatever, that needs to be cleaned up, you can do it.
article_snippet.sent: Chad Pregracke also gives Mike Rowe a tour of the 150-foot, solar-powered barge that the Living Lands & Waters staff calls home during lengthy cleanups.
article_snippet.sent: The part-home, part-office, part-dumpster has seven bedrooms, two bathrooms, a classroom and a kitchen -- and just happens to be made from a recycled strip club.
article_snippet.sent: According to the organization's latest annual report, Chad Pregracke has made Chad Pregracke Chad Pregracke mission in 2015 to remove 500,000 more pounds of trash.
article_snippet.sent: If you'd like to help achieve this goal, visit Chad Pregracke website to learn how to help:
article_snippet.sent: LivingLandsAndWaters.org/Get-Involved/ .
highlights_snippet.sent: Mike Rowe visited Chad Pregracke for an episode of "Somebody's Gotta Do It" 