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Other River Cleanups: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002 |
BEAT’s River Cleanups are again underway. Our cleanup crews have already been out twice this year. This year’s season actually began with the early May (May 2) cleanup of a roadway. Volunteers spread out along Hubbard Ave in Pittsfield to clean trash from what was a very well littered area. Members of the Pittsfield High School Environmental Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club in Dalton sent volunteers to help out. And thank you to Sandy Leonard who organized the cleanup!
 Thank you PHS students! |
 Thank you BJ’s volunteers! (in red shirts)
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May 16 was our first river cleanup of the year. The cleanup was a joint effort of BEAT and the Housatonic Valley Association. Six teams of volunteers, one in canoes, hauled trash from the East Branch of the river, from Peck’s Brook along Pecks Road, from the Linden Street area, and from the area around Wahconah Park. A very big thank you to Pine Cone Hill for providing a barbecue lunch for our hungry volunteers after the cleanup, and to Panera’s in Pittsfield for providing the snacks that got us started at the beginning of the day. And thank you to the City of Pittsfield for once again agreeing to pick up the mountains of trash our volunteers piled up along the river.
Join us for our next river cleanup, scheduled for August 8, 9am at Fred Garner Park in Pittsfield.
 Snacks while receiving instructions for the cleanu
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 We’re almost ready |
 Time to get working now |
 Taking the field |
 Elia hard at work |
 Its not all hard work |