The second cleanup I attended was at oak creek which is part of the headwaters of the Estero river. I first got involved with this project through a club I am part of, called Eco-Action. Which is an awesome organization...but more on that later. Anyways, we had cleaned the river for the first time the previous year, and had pulled a small mountain of trash out of it. Even though it was messy and sometimes disgusting work, it gave everyone involved an awesome feeling of accomplishment. This year, we had so many people who wanted to come help, that we ran out of spots on the canoes, and had to start a waiting list.
The best part however, was that as we progressed down the river, we found significantly less trash than we had the previous year; showing that our efforts were actually making a lasting impact. At the end of the day we had traveled significantly farther than our first cleaning, and found probably half as much trash.:)
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