A little bit of cleanup left over from yesterday.
4 bags about 80 pounds. These locations keep trash from making it into the Tuscarawas River.
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After the boat coming out of Summit Lake yesterday, the 40ish pounds of trash hauled out today seems small but it all adds up.
Thanks as always to Summit Metro Parks and Ohio Erie Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition for hauling our trash away!
Met Bob along the east side of Summit Lake today and collected about 55 pounds of trash from the booms on that side following yesterday’s rain.
Will hit the west side tomorrow along with Mud Run and Wolf Creek! Thanks Summit Metro Parks for picking up my bags!
No original source of the oil found, however, OEPA did clean up where it was collecting upstream at a trash dam (other side of Waterloo rd).
What we are seeing here is the residual. Fire department placed the soft booms with our trash booms to collect that. (Some placement adjustment is in order and being handled). Sorry for the late update, flu had knocked me on my can.
I was honored to have been invited to speak about River Guardians Ohio to a group of people at an event held by Laura Sirot at the NTR Canoe Livery last Saturday.
One of the questions posed was, “what would I like to see from those in office to help our cause”? My simple answer was and is… “First, put some teeth behind violations to our waterways. For example: if you spill a 1000 gallons of oil in the Tuscarawas there should be fines over and above…
150 pounds removed from 3 booms today with Dave Stoler.
Thanks for the sign from Julie Miller Derek! toward the middle of the short video. Summit Lake ice has gone so look for #riverkeepersohio out there again deploying new booms and maintaining all. Watch for the video tomorrow sharing the story of the lost phone from last week!!
