I cleaned this boom yesterday.
This is the canal boom on the south side of Summit Lake, and this just shows the value and importance of these booms. This is all from the storm yesterday and what came through the storm sewers upstream.
One takeaway from this was meeting some of the dedicated people serving here at the Nature Center (formerly the pump house) on Summit Lake. Another was touring the building and seeing what they have turned the structure into. It now has the pulse and heartbeat of the nature and community that surrounds them. You need…
135 pounds today! I am in the water at this boom but one does not have to get in the water when cleaning a boom, the trash is directed to you on the shore. I get in sometimes to get things out of the muck and here because I want to go up and downstream…
Because moving water is ever changing, we need to adjust. Dave and I were talking after the move how full of trash this area was last year when we started this. Now, we almost always see fish and wildlife here. Does make us feel good.
from a weekend away and find another Amazon Wishlist package has been delivered. Thank You again to whomever sent these bags, promise to fill them with lots of trash!!
189 pounds isn’t too bad of a haul. The videos here are mostly these two booms as they are convenient for filming and they do show the jest of what goes on when cleaning booms. We have a few more booms that will be going in over the next little while as we work through…