Another 85 pounds, 6 bags and a propane tank from Mud Run.
Therapeutic to watch these booms go from full of trash to clean!
Trash
PLEASE DO NOT TELL SHERRY!
I told her this morning’s cleanup on mud run took me 2 hours! 😇🤣.
Three new trash booms deployed this morning!
First on a property owned by Garland, supported by Let’s Grow Akron and the Black Hawk Foundation. Decades of trash unmitigated from storm sewers dumped into a wetland, until today! The next two are on the south side of Summit Lake that was recently cleaned up by a group of volunteers through Ward 9 Councilperson…
200 pound haul from Summit Lake today!
This is our spoils from the south east side. Still more to do at this location but our booms will prevent much more from coming in as we keep cleaning. The crew here: Jennifer, Eric, Brad and Opa. Thanks for sharing your Saturday morning! Thanks to Tina, Julie Ann, Chris, Molly, Lilly, Sean, Crystal, Let’s…
Simple is often the best solution because people will use it!
It has been a crazy week of obligations. With that, I apologies for no pics or videos that I hoped to get out. I plan to sit at the computer this weekend and get some edited. Should be out on the bike around Summit Lake in the morning too.
Here for the ribbon cutting to this new facility in Canton.
This is the company that did the cleanup of the oil spill of a thousand gallons in the Tuscarawas River in July of 2023 that lead to the formation of RiverKeepers Ohio! I hope to go live a little later, will post below. Live footage…
Heavy rain with some lightning!!
Can’t get in the water now but can check how booms are working! We did get 20 pounds out of the Nature Club’s boom that the kids built and installed last week outside the Nature Center. The new RiverKeepers Ohio members! Great Job! Thanks Thanks Summit Metro Parks!
Nature Club, a group of kids through Summit Metro Parks, helped us install a boom and picked up trash.
About 30 pounds that helped the total for the weekend of about 300 pounds. It is warming up, life is waking up and we are busy. I met Kaylie and Jenna at Summit Lake Sunday, shown at the end of the video, they are doing much like #riverkeepersohio with taking it upon themselves to make…