5.20.12 River Cleanup with Northrop Grumman Employees in Patapsco State Park Avalon Area : Patapsco Heritage Greenway sponsored a watershed cleanup on a Sunday afternoon in May in the Avalon Area of Patapsco State Park, along a section of the Patapsco River from Gun Road to the Thomas Viaduct Bridge. Special thanks to our wonderful partners--Northrop Grumman employees and other PHG friends--to help remove 795 pounds of trash and debris from the Patapsco River watershed area! Most of this trash was a result of litter and debris washed down the river from a tropical storm back in September 2011. PHG has been working with Patapsco State Park to clean up this area, and what a difference these volunteers made in just a few hours! Aside from the usual bottles, cans, plastic bags and food wrappers we usually find in our cleanups (washed down storm drains from litter in the streets and parking lots); volunteers also removed: a ceramic bowl, plenty of broken glass, a boogie board, a mud flap, a highway cone, a suitcase, a pair of broken glasses, used lumber with protruding nails, newspapers, a used condom, 7 ft. of electrical conduit plastic pipe, carpet, a pile of rusted nails, an old shoe, black fencing, a rusted grate, a wooden stake, a workman's bag, a busted inner tube, ground wire, metal screen, auto fluid bottle, a brand new tire with a chrome plated rim, a car seat, a pair of blue jeans, a plastic planter, sand bags, a swimming noodle & blue raft, a yellow bucket, surgical gloves, hair spray can, a dog brush, Dunkin Donuts cup, used baby diaper, a bicycle petal and a white soup bone. Some interesting nature spotting included: many butterflies, a neon green colored bug, a black snake, a deer skull and a grave marker for 15-year old Sid the dog! A special thanks to our PHG Stream Captain Team members Betsy McMillion, Jeff Klein and Pete McCallum who led the group. Finally, we are so grateful to Robin Sokoloski from Northrop Grumman, who recruited so many incredible volunteers who helped make this clean up a huge success!!!
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