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Post by nancy on May 14, 2008 15:19:52 GMT -5
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Post by nancy on May 18, 2008 14:35:12 GMT -5
A few more results...
The group "Scudz" chose to take a little trip down Eels Creek. Their trip took them from High Falls to the parking lot. They took out a large garbage bag of broken glass (be careful!!), one bag of cans and trash, along with 2 1/2 pairs of shoes. How come there is always one shoe?
The 1st Milton Venturers (Scoutergriz) cleaned up Crab Lake. They took out all of 1 bag in 3 days. Whoo, hoo!!!
The Killer Bees decided to take a trip in Algonquin Park, cleaning up Little Doe and Tom Thompson Lakes, along with the portage from Canoe Lake to Joe Lake. During their travels, they collected 4 bags of trash, "lots of socks", an oven mitt, and lots of wrappers and packaging.
Also in APP, The Pick Up Artists ventured to Sunday Creek. Of all 9 members in their group, all they could find was an old Nalgene bottle and a few scruds!
In Killarney Provincial Park, Ghoslo worked on cleaning up all 3 sites on Grace Lake and the 3 on Nellie Lake. They found not enough to even really mention. Yahoo!! They did, however, discover an old ruins on Nellie Lake where they found "two buildings, several old wood stoves (patented 1883), barrel hoops, saw blades and sleigh runners." When they reported their findings to the park, they were told that it was an old maple syrup operation. Cool! Of course, as these things are artifacts, they left the items intact.
It's so great to hear of all the garbage that's being taken out of our beloved wilderness, but it's equally rewarding to hear that there was not much - or anything at all - to find.
Congratulations everyone!
I believe these are the final results in from Canada. In the meantime, we are still awaiting results from the UK. If there are any more of you who would like to report, please post here or let me know at wildernesscleanup@rogers.com. Within the next few days or so, I will be announcing the winners and prizes.
Can't wait!
Come on, you guys, where's your spirit?
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Post by nancy on May 19, 2008 16:23:19 GMT -5
Just in...more results from the USA! Anselmo and family are originally from Brazil and are currently living in Illinois for 2 years. Anselmo discovered The Great Wilderness Cleanup on a Brazilian Scouts web site where our Brazil Leader, Tony Osse, posted the news. How's that for spreading the word! Anselmo and company cleaned up a part of the Rock Island Trail, taking out 27 bottles, 19 plastic bottles and 15 cans, along with the metal frame from a spring mattress, a large piece of metal roofing, a sheet of wood, real estate ads, cigarette butts, 2 sandals, 1 running shoe (I knew there had to be an odd one!!) and lots of plastic bags. Here are some pics: Courtesy of Anselmo Ferreira     I think it's really refreshing to see all the junk taken out of the wilderness and new life brought into it. Gotta like it. Thanks for your terrific efforts! Together we ARE making a REAL difference. P.S. Did you notice in the background there is a garbage can provided, yet look at all that was just dumped anyway and later taken out by Anselmo and company? I just don't understand.  |
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Post by qp on May 19, 2008 18:09:28 GMT -5
Fantastic Job Anselmo and Company!
Bo
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Post by nancy on May 21, 2008 16:33:54 GMT -5
It's a good thing I haven't posted any winners yet - I keep getting more stuff in! Here's some pics from the Killer Bees group who cleaned up around Little Doe in APP:      -%20SunsetonLittleDoe.JPG) And... Courtesy of Randy Mitson of Algonquin Outfitters for The Wolf Den Group    And this just in... Members of The Friends of Temagami did a fantastic job cleaning up Ranger Point on Obabika Lake in Temagami over this past long weekend! I'm hoping to report more later. Way to go, guys! |
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Post by nancy on May 25, 2008 15:26:15 GMT -5
Another in from Canada...wow, they just keep coming in... Members of the Friends of Temagami cleaned up Obabika Lake's Ranger Point over the long weekend. Photos Courtesy of Bob OlajosFriends of Temagami members cleaned up over 10 bags of garbage from Ranger Point, Obabika Lake, Temagami as part of the Great Wilderness Cleanup. And another blog in from the UK on SOTP web site: www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=117067#post117067 |
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Post by nancy on Jun 3, 2008 14:33:01 GMT -5
The results are in!
CANADA
Number of Groups - 13 (all in Ontario)
Number of Volunteers - 89++
Number of Bags of Garbage - 59 large++, 53 park-size
Locations - Serpentine Route, Crab Lake, Algonquin Park (trails, Little Doe & Tom Thompson Lakes, Sunday Creek, White Partridge Lake), Wabakimi, Eels Creek, O’Brien’s Bridge at Moira River, Toronto Harbour, Killarney Park (Grace & Nellie Lakes), Obabika Lake (Temagami)
Other Items - electrical tape, old bottles from Rangers about 50 years old, tires (one filled with cement), a Christmas decoration, shoes & socks (always an odd number!), scrud metal, skid plate from a truck’s gas tank, tape measure, propane tanks & canisters, a set of pots & pans.
Breakdown Into Groups
Kawartha Brigade
Location - Serpentine Route, Kawarthas
Number of Volunteers - 6
Number of Bags of Garbage - 14
Other Items Found - a road pylon, chair frames, old rusty grills, large piece of Styrofoam, pail filled with garbage
The Wolf Pack
Location - The Wolf Den, Algonquin
Number of Volunteers - 30+
Number of Bags of Garbage - 26 park-size of garbage, 23 park-size of recycling
Other Items Found - bunch of old metal, tire filled with cement, skid plate from a truck’s gas tank, the tape from a tape measure, propane tanks & canisters, a set of pots & pans
Wabakimi Project
Location - Wabakimi
Number of Volunteers - unknown (still ongoing)
Number of Bags of Garbage - unknown (still ongoing)
Scudz
Location - Eels Creek
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - 2
Other Items Found - 5 shoes
1st Milton Venturers
Location - Crab Lake
Number of Volunteers - not reported
Number of Bags of Garbage - 1
Quinte Paddlers & Hikers
Location - O’Brien’s Bridge at Moira River
Number of Volunteers - 3
Number of Bags of Garbage - 4
Other Items Found - 3 tires, a Christmas decoration
Killer Bees
Location - Little Doe & Tom Thompson Lakes, APP
Number of Volunteers - 4
Number of Bags of Garbage - 4 park-size
Other Items Found - lots of socks, oven mitt, hats
Molly & the Mermaids
Location - Toronto Harbour
Number of Volunteers - 6
Number of Bags of Garbage - 6
Aquatic Park Sailing Club
Location - Toronto Harbour area
Number of Volunteers - 20+
Number of Bags of Garbage - 20+
Pick Up Artists
Location - Sunday Creek, APP
Number of Volunteers - 9
Number of Bags of Garbage - less than 1
Other Items Found - old Nalgene bottle
Ghoslo
Location - Grace & Nellie Lakes, Killarney
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - unknown, but found very little
Other Items Found - discovery of the ruins of an old maple syrup operation (other than the one they knew was already there) with 2 buildings, several old wood stoves (patented 1883), barrel hoops, saw blades and sleigh runners. They left everything intact.
Members of Friends of Temagami
Location - Ranger Point, Obabika Lake
Number of Volunteers - 5
Number of Bags of Garbage - 10+ (a lot of old bottles about 50 years old)
BoKnows
Location - White Partridge, APP
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - 1 or less
Other Items Found - electrical tape
USA
Number of Groups - 2 (short notice for new leader, Greg ‘Bo’ Bowers)
Number of Volunteers - 5
Number of Bags of Garbage - 5
Locations - Red River Gorge, Rock Island Trail (Illinois)
Other Items - metal mattress frame, sheet metal roofing, a sheet of wood, real estate signs, an actual pair of sandals, 1 shoe
Breakdown Into Groups
Bo Bowers
Location - Red River Gorge Trail, Kentucky
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - less than 1
Anselmo & Company
Location - Rock Island Trail, Illinois
Number of Volunteers - 4
Number of Bags of Garbage - 4
Other Items Found - metal mattress frame, a large piece of metal roofing, a sheet of wood, real estate signs (ads), 2 sandals, 1 running shoe, fertilizer bags
UK
Number of Groups - 9
Number of Volunteers - 67
Number of Bags of Garbage - 52+
Locations - Castle Semple Loch, Union Canal (Rathlo-Linns Mill), Basingstoke Canal, Buckie, Chichester Canal, Medway, River Beult, Grand Union Canal
Other Items - real estate signs, light bulbs, sports bottles, polystyrene cups, umbrella, top of a washing machine, part of a vacuum cleaner, whole vacuum cleaner, football, 6 tires, 15 golf balls, several traffic cones, front bumper of a car, car seat, TV, clothing items (some of a “delicate nature”), 15’ length of an 8” in diameter red flexible pipe, box of unused condoms, fish hooks & lines, a “Winnie the Poo” ball, motorcycle, toilet seat (hey, another one!), 20 dead fish, dead rabbit, dead cat in a plastic bag (very sad), garbage bags dumped over a river fence when there is a local dump less than 1/2 mile away.
Breakdown Into Groups
Poledancer & Company
Location - Union Canal (Rathlo-Linns Mill)
Number of Volunteers - 4
Number of Bags of Garbage - 4
Other Items Found - a sign, light bulbs, Lucozade sports bottles, polystyrene cups, umbrella, top of a washing machine, part of a Hoover vacuum cleaner, large tire + wheel, football
MagiKelly & Company
Location - Castle Semple Loch
Number of Volunteers - 8
Number of Bags of Garbage - 8 (within 20 minutes)
Other Items Found - 5 tires, front bumper of a car, 2 signs, 2 traffic cones, car seat, road bollard, vacuum cleaner, 15+ golf balls
KeithD & Company
Location - Basingstoke Canal
Number of Volunteers - 7
Number of Bags of Garbage - 16
Other Items Found - several road cones, TV, clothing “of a delicate nature”, 15 foot length of 8” diameter red flexible pipe, complete box of unused condoms
Chrish
Location - Buckie
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - 1
Bazbunny & Company
Location - Chichester Canal
Number of Volunteers - 12
Number of Bags of Garbage - 2 (that I saw in picture)
Other Items Found - “undesirable objects”, fishing hooks & lines, ‘Winnie the Poo’ ball, dead rabbit
Medway Paddlers (Wayne Jones-UK leader) and Group of Scouts (2 groups into 1)
Location - River Medway
- River Beult cleanup by Scouts
Number of Volunteers - 2 groups together -- 26 people (including a group of Scouts), 4 dogs, 15 canoes
Number of Bags of Garbage - 15
Other Items Found - motorcycle, toilet seat
MacK & Company
Location - Union Canal Mini Cleanup
Number of Volunteers - 6
Number of Bags of Garbage - unknown
DanDan & Company
Location - Grand Union Canal (Slough arm)
Number of Volunteers - 2
Number of Bags of Garbage - 6 (could have filled more)
Other Items Found - 20 dead fish, dead cat in a bag, pile of garbage tossed over the fence near a “travellers’ site”
BRAZIL
Number of Groups - 3
Number of Volunteers - 134
Number of Bags of Garbage - 61+++++
Locations - Itapetininga River, Ipatinga, Taubate
Other Items - deodorant cans, pesticide bottle (by law it has to be returned to the seller), lots of sandals (hey it’s hotter in Brazil), paint cans, car parts, plastic chairs, metal buckets
Breakdown Into Groups
Tony Carlos Osse & Company
Location - Itapetininga River
Number of Volunteers - 50+
Number of Bags of Garbage - 49
Other Items Found - deodorant cans, a pesitcide bottle (by law must be returned to the seller), lots of sandals (it’s warm in Brazil!), paint cans, plastic chairs, metal buckets
Special Mention - Tony & company were greeted in the town of Campina do Monte Alegre on Friday by 50 ladies of the Third Age Walking group, holding signs of The Great Wilderness Cleanup in Portuguese. There were dancers dressed in costume, too (not sure if this was before or after the cleanup). They walked with Tony to the first school, where about 100 students were waiting outside front of the school. They were then given a tour of the school, class by class. Tony spoke to 2 different groups of students at 2 schools on Friday, May 9th, 2008 - more than a total of 500 students! The students were very involved in the learning experience as the teachers were talking to them about it for a week before the event.
A small garbage truck was needed to haul it away. Part of it was moved to the city central square. The garbage was sold to a recycling business in the city for “a symbolical price”.
Tony also talked with the Mayor.
He was also greeted by people from a nearby city on a bridge as the group put in the river.
Scouts Group #1
Location - Taubate
Number of Volunteers - 49
Number of Bags of Garbage - not reported
Scouts Group #2
Location - Ipatinga
Number of Volunteers - 35
Number of Bags of Garbage - 12
GRAND TOTAL
Number of Groups - 27
Number of Volunteers - 295++
Number of Bags of Garbage - 177++ large, 53 park-size
Other Items - some very strange stuff out there...
I hope I didn't miss anyone. If I did, let me know!
What an amazing job you've all done!! Give yourselves a great big pat on the back!
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