Volunteers Pitch In For Earth Week, Canal Clean Sweep At Minetto and Great Bear Springs Recreation Area

by Steve Yablonski | April 24, 2017 11:43 am

In the foreground are: Beven Thousand, Jack Arnold and Don Hall. [1]

In the foreground are: Beven Thousand, Jack Arnold and Don Hall.

Pictured from left are: Steve Schmidt, Don Hall, Jack Arnold, Mike Virdone, Beven Thousand and Joe Hansen. [2]

Pictured from left are: Steve Schmidt, Don Hall, Jack Arnold, Mike Virdone, Beven Thousand and Joe Hansen.

From left are: Margaret Bocsor, Rena Bastian and Mary Arnold. [3]

From left are: Margaret Bocsor, Rena Bastian and Mary Arnold.

Volunteer John Rusho displays one of his finds along the dugway. [4]

Volunteer John Rusho displays one of his finds along the dugway.

From left: Randy and Riesa Farnsworth, John Rusho and Dick Drosse pose with some of the trash they collected. [5]

From left: Randy and Riesa Farnsworth, John Rusho and Dick Drosse pose with some of the trash they collected.

Kelly Jordal and Evelyn Bice are ready to haul away a load of trash. [6]

Kelly Jordal and Evelyn Bice are ready to haul away a load of trash.

From left - Steve Schmidt, Mike Virdone and Jack Arnold create some better drainage. [7]

From left – Steve Schmidt, Mike Virdone and Jack Arnold create some better drainage.

From left are: Naneen Drosse, Rena Bastain and Mary Arnold. [8]

From left are: Naneen Drosse, Rena Bastain and Mary Arnold.

In the foreground at Great Bear are: Joe Hansen and Beven Thousand. [9]

In the foreground at Great Bear are: Joe Hansen and Beven Thousand.

Riesa and (board member) Randy Farnsworth along Route 48 south of the town hall. Randy uses tongs to pick up litter. [10]

Riesa and (board member) Randy Farnsworth along Route 48 south of the town hall. Randy uses tongs to pick up litter.

MINETTO – On Saturday (April 22), with Canal Clean Sweep and Oswego County Earth Week occurring together, volunteers from the Minetto Beautification Committee with several other volunteers participated in a litter cleanup along the Oswego River and opposite dugway pond.

Several others were working at the River View Park prepping for spring plantings.

On Sunday (April 23), recognizing Oswego County Earth Week and Canal Clean Sweep, volunteers worked on two projects at Great Bear Springs Recreation Area to maintain and enhance the area.

The first project, volunteers worked on the tow path repairing a muddy section.

The muddy sections were scarfed to remove soft mud.

A gutter and drainage were put in with natural crusher stone laid out over the trail section.

The second project entailed several locations where native wildflower seeds were sowed in.

Being wildflowers, some of the flowers may take a second season to grow and bloom.

Photos: provided by Dick Drosse

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