Source to Sea volunteers to clean waterways in New Hampshire & Vermont Saturday
Thu Sep 27 2012
On Saturday September 29, thousands of volunteers will fan out across the Connecticut River watershed to pick up trash and remove debris from the rivers and shorelines as part of the 16th annual Connecticut River Watershed Council’s Source to Sea Cleanup. For more information visit www.ctriver.org.
A number of groups are registered in the NH/VT portion of the watershed. See below for details about each group including the cleanup group name, group leader, contact info, time, and meeting location. For a full list of groups by state visit: http://ctriver.org/documents/S2S/Registered%20groups%202012.pdf
Groups Cleaning on Saturday, September 29
TOWN: Hanover, Lyme NH
TIME: 8am – 4pm
GROUP: Upriver Cleanup Canoes
CONTACT: Edward Sonk, ecs@valley.net, 603-643-4443
MEET AT: Fullington Farm Landing, Hanover
CLEANING: Ledyard Bridge, Hanover, NH to Lyme, East Thetford Bridge (on-water cleanup)
TOWN: Monroe, NH
TIME: 9am – 3pm
GROUP: Connecticut River Paddlers’ Trail Partners – Connecticut River Joint Commissions, Vermont River Conservancy, Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
CONTACT: Rachel Ruppel, rruppel@uvlsrpc.org, 603-727-9484
MEET AT: Ryegate Dam/Dodge Falls River Access, off Route 135, Bath, NH
CLEANING: Fiddlehead Island, CT River (on-water cleanup)
TOWN: Royalton, VT
TIME: Noon – 4pm
GROUP: White River Partnership
CONTACT: Mary Russ, mary@whiteriverpartnership.org, 802-763-7733
MEET AT: Parking lot upstream of South Royalton Bridge
CLEANING: White River islands in Royalton
TOWN: Putney, VT
TIME: 9am – 11am
GROUP: Putney Rowing Club
CONTACT: Elizabeth Macalaster, emacalaster@svcable.net
MEET AT: Putney Rowing Club
CLEANING: Putney Rowing Club/Dummerston Landing
TOWN: Dummerston & Brattleboro, VT
TIME: 9am – Noon
GROUP: Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance (SeVWA)
CONTACT: Laurie Callahan, sevwa.volunteer@gmail.com, 802-258-1877
MEET AT: Volunteers should meet leaders at site of their choice at 9 AM. Site choices:
Retreat Meadows or Dummerston covered bridge parking lot or convergence of Rock and West Rivers, intersection of Rte 30 and Williamsville Rd./Depot Road, Dummerston/Newfane town line
CLEANING: West River – several sites between Rock River and Retreat Meadows