8th Annual Clean Up Day Newsletter of the Organization of Water 2011 Trash Totals Year Amount 2004 9 tons 2005 6.1 tons 2006 5.1 tons 2007 10.9 tons 2008 5.4 tons 2009 2.8 tons 2010 12.9 tons 2011 3.3 tons Citizens Take Charge! The Clean Up Day has evolved and grown over the past few years. In the past eight years, the Organization of Water (CROW) a 10 County Joint Powers Organization aimed at preserving and protecting the and its tributaries, has helped coordinate over 2,061 volunteers in a watershed-wide clean up day to remove over 55.2 tons of trash from 278.25 miles of shoreline on the and its tributaries. We are very proud of our volunteers, without their determination and tremendous effort, this project would not be successful. Volunteers aren t paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. Anonymous
Page 2 Picture Below: This empty beer bottle was found during the Hutchinson Area clean up. On the side of the bottle it says: Save Our Shore This Abita brew is a message in a bottle, a distress signal for the troubled waters of our Gulf Coast. For every bottle sold Abita will donate 75 cents to the rescue and restoration of the environment, industry and individuals fighting to survive this disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Not something you would typically see around this area! Biscay South Fork County: McLeod 4 Total Volunteers: 11 Dahlke Family, Spruce Ridge Landfill/Waste Management Brooten North Fork & Grove Lake County: Pope/Stearns 1/4 mile Total Volunteers: 12 North Fork Watershed District & Brooten Boy Scout Troop Brownton & Stewart Buffalo Creek Counties: Renville/McLeod 3.5 Total Volunteers: 13 Brownton/Stewart Girl Scout Troop #30856
8th Annual Clean Up Day Delano Page 3 South Fork County: Wright 1 Total Volunteers: 25 Delano Dream Team, Montrose Cub Scout Pack #312, Montrose Girl Scouts, Plymouth Cub Scout Pack #538, Rogers, MN Biscay Liquor Bar & Grill Biscay, MN Chaska, MN Forest City Township North Fork County: Meeker 12 Total Volunteers: 14 Forest City Township, Forest City Canoe Rental & Paddles Cenex Paynesville, MN Buffalo, MN Paddles Forest City, MN Hanover County: Wright Miles of Shoreline Cleaned: 2.5 Total Volunteers: 25 City of Hanover, Lions, Hanover Area River Team (HART), Cabela s store in Rogers Township Belgrade, MN Buffalo, MN
Page 4 Buffalo, MN Hassan Township County: Hennepin 1 Total Volunteers: 2 Thomas & Son Construction & Thomas Family Delano, MN Hutchinson St. Paul, MN Forest City Canoe Rental Forest City, MN Forest City Township Forest City, MN South Fork County: McLeod 2 Total Volunteers: 25 City of Hutchinson, 3M, Subway, Culligan and South Fork Association City of Hanover Hanover, MN Lake Allie Lake Allie County: Renville 2 Total Volunteers: 12 Lake Allie Lake Association & Renville County
8th Annual Clean Up Day New London & Spicer Page 5 Middle Fork County: Kandiyohi & Stearns 5 Total Volunteers: 4 Middle Fork Watershed District, City of New London, Subway Paynesville North Fork County: Stearns 1 Total Volunteers: 28 Trail Guards Glencoe, MN Spicer, MN New London, MN Rockford North Fork County: Wright 7 Total Volunteers: 24 O'Neill Family, City of Rockford, Pride Brooten, MN Delano, MN Olivia, MN
Page 6 Hanover, MN Litchfield, MN St. Michael County: Wright 2 Total Volunteers: 16 City of St. Michael, Subway, St. Michael Boy Scouts Detroit Lake, MN St. Michael Area Rockford, MN Rogers, MN County: Wright/Hennepin 2 Total Volunteers: 3 Oien Family, City of St. Michael St. Michael, MN More Trash.. Spruce Ridge Landfill/ Waste Management Glencoe, MN Delano, MN T.V. and Lawnmower from Lake Allie Piano in Hanover
8th Annual Clean Up Day More Trash Page 7 Glencoe, MN Tired and Proud Delano & Biscay Teams stand by their piles! Greenfield, MN 2011 Clean-Up Totals St. Michael, MN Spicer, MN Rogers, MN Maple Plain, MN We Need Your Help! Buffalo, MN CROW will help interested groups organize a clean up in their community. CROW will assist organizing trash removal, lunch and refreshments. If you are interested in donating and participating in the clean up, please contact Diane Sander at 763-682-1933 Ext.112 or diane.sander@mn.nacdnet.net Wright County Compost & Recycling Monticello, MN
This publication is sponsored by the Organization of Water. Funding for this publications was provided by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency through a Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Fund. CROW 311 Brighton Ave Ste C Buffalo, MN 55313 Mark Your Calendar s The next Clean Up Day Top Right - Up and Over in Brownton. Lower Right - St. Michael showing off trash. Lower Left - Deadfall like garbage.but it s hard to get around in Biscay. Top Left - Easy does it in Brownton. September 15, 2012 Check us out at www.crowriver.org