Bow River Cleanup

[Teck71]

Dang another one missed, I'll be in the Grande river in Brantford that day.

[fishfreak]

Here's an article from the Sun on the clean-up that was done over the weekend, wow, 7,000kg of garbage!

 

Clean-up scores 7,000 kg

UPDATED: 2008-05-05 01:30:32 MST

 

Items include family portrait

 

By TARINA WHITE, SUN MEDIA

 

Cleaning Calgary's shorelines yesterday led to the discovery of a worn family portrait photo that appears to date back to the early 1900s.

 

The formal black and white photograph easily beat out a meat grinder, an electric drill, an axe and a bone to top the list of unusual finds at the Calgary Pathway and River Cleanup, said event organizer Kevin Forster.

 

"We thought that was the most interesting because what are the chances of finding that around the river bank," Forster said about the photo.

 

The city's 41st annual cleanup hauled in 7,000 kg of trash in 3,500 garbage bags, said Forster.

 

And that's not including large items such as shopping carts, tires and pieces of metal, he added.

 

The weight of trash collected this year is on par with recent cleanups, which Forster said is disheartening.

 

He'd rather see the volume of rubbish decreasing, a sign fewer people are littering.

 

"What we're trying to do is decrease the amount that we're picking up, but we're not," said Forster.

 

"People aren't really showing that stewardship."

 

More than 1,600 volunteers spent yesterday scouring the banks of the Bow and Elbow rivers and Nose Creek for litter.

 

They mostly found paper, junk-food wrappers, pop cans and beer cans, said Forster.

 

Megan Haney gathered together colleagues and friends to give Calgary a spring cleaning, collecting 15 bags of trash.

 

"We were very surprised," she said about the volume.

 

Among her group's top finds were a transistor radio, a toy gun, pornography and a cellphone.

 

"I feel great," Haney said about her effort.

 

"I am keen on the environment and I'm always looking for ways to take part."

 

Friend Tracy Mapola said the cleanup should be held several times a year.

 

"It's a good way to get the environment on the forefront of people's minds," said Mapola.

 

As for a bone that was discovered, which resembled a femur, there was no indication whether it was real or fake, said Forster.

 

"I'm not sure what that is -- we'll have to get CSI in here," he joked.

[reevesr1]

So change #1 is:

 

Date change to Aug 23 so Brownstone can participate and to stop Teck from complaining!!

 

Seriously, we decided that late Aug might be a better date as everyone will have had several cracks at their favorite streams down south and it might be a good idea to give the fish a bit of a Saturday off in the heat of the summer.

 

Hopefully this is the final date, but I ain't promising anything!!

[Teck71]

August 23rd works for me, i'll definatly be there.