River cleanup stories

Posted on June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Cleanup, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Outreach, Stories 

ChesleaChelsea Lane-Miller, Associate Director of Outreach
Outreach Events and Activities

DSC00474People from across the country have been sharing stories, photos and videos from their trash cleanups organized as part of National River Cleanup Week. Here are a few we’ve heard about:

The Cowpasture River Preservation Association, in Millboro, Virginia, organized cleanups on three sections of the Cowpasture River. Altogether, 42 volunteers collected 47 bags of trash along with five tires, two chairs, various articles of clothing, inner tubes, road signs, scrap metal, and cinder blocks. A washer and dryer were also spotted. Sounds like someone had an interesting idea about how to wash clothes in the river.

You can watch a video of a cleanup on the Gunpowder River, near Baltimore, Maryland, where several local citizens collected 4 tires and filled 25 bags of garbage. They also saw a water snake attached to a brown trout, and promise to have a video on that soon, so stay tuned!

Indiana Outfitters posted a trip report with great photos of the cleanup on the Wildcat Creek and Wabash River in Lafayette, Indiana.

iowa river bikeHere, too, is a photo from the cleanup on the Iowa Falls section of the Iowa River. That is a bike on top of the kayak, in case you weren’t sure. Good to see that people are still working to make a difference on the Iowa, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2007.

Keep sending us your stories, or post them yourself on our National River Cleanup Blog.

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