| Ohio Stillwater River Clean-Up picks up over half-ton of trash |
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BROOKVILLE, Ohio — On June 10, the Montgomery Soil and Water Conservation District (MSWCD) and its partners kicked off the 10th annual Stillwater River Clean-Up. Stormy weather to the north prevented the northern three sections from launching that day, but they were able to use the June 17 rain date to complete their sections of this State Scenic River.
The MSWCD section flows from Aullwood Garden MetroPark to Dog Leg Road in Montgomery County, through the cities of Clayton and Englewood. Volunteers pulled, tugged, dug, rinsed and wrestled a variety of items out of the river and its banks, totaling 0.6 ton of debris.
They recovered the usual, such as tires and bottles, and the unusual, like three-quarters of an old canoe, collected in pieces by two different teams. Everyone ended the trip tired, muddy, but pleased to be a part of what was accomplished!
In addition to the 16 volunteers, the MSWCD would like to thank its partners and sponsors: the city of Clayton, the city of Englewood for providing the dumpster, Five Rivers MetroParks, Meijer (the Englewood Location) for providing food, Montgomery Solid Waste District for taking the trash collected free of charge and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft for the use of its canoes.
Additional partners included Darke and Miami SWCDs, Brukner Nature Center, Miami County Park District, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Newberry, Newton and Union Townships, Miami County Sanitary Engineer’s Office and Patty’s IGA.
On June 17, the section sponsored by Darke SWCD floated from Stillwater Beach to Coy Reserve and pulled out 0.18 ton, with 14 volunteers. The Miami SWCD section, which flows from Indian Hills 4-H Camp to Fenner Road, pulled out 0.58 ton and 15 tires, with 12 volunteers.
Brukner Nature Center’s group had 10 volunteers and pulled out 0.64 ton of trash. In total, the four sections removed two tons of waste with the help of 52 volunteers. |
| 7/6/2011 |
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