Project Boom on Summit Lake!
Added 9 booms today only 4 outfalls left to cover. This should aid in reducing the trash on the waterway. Thank You LeeAnne for the assistance!
Video shows the build and install.
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…
River Guardians Ohio is committed to this challenge along with a local community group working closely with Tina Boyes, Ward 9 Councilwoman. Thank You COA for picking up our 251 pounds of trash!
Johnny played with the new power tools while Kat and I pulled a little over 200 pounds of plastic and trash that has been collecting here since 1962. This is the second cut on the phragmites since we started with several more over the next couple years. If you look close, some of the native…
Pretty big source of trash there and we should be able to access it to cleanup with just a pair of muck boots. Thanks South Street Ministries for the interest and the assist! And thanks to Summit Metro Parks.
60 pounds caught and collected before it got lost in the lake. We anticipate lots more trash at all of our booms in the near future. Everything trapped in the snow along the roads and parking lots will release as things melt and coming rains will send it through the storm sewers and into our…
This boom will be located right in front of the Summit Metro Parks Nature Center at the end of Ira.