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October is clean up month for the New River. In Carroll County, volunteers tackled 3 miles of the New, Brush Creek, Crooked Creek and Chestnut Creek on a sunny October Saturday. From Fries Junction to the Byllesby Dam, volunteers worked to collect trash along the river and watershed creeks.
Trash was collected and carried to shore by canoe and johnboats; much of the garbage discovered was hiding along the banks and under vegetation. Items collected included plastic drink bottles, motor oil bottles, tires, and many shoes and flip-flops. According to Courtney Wait of the National Committee for the River (NCNR), who sponsors clean ups throughout the New River watershed, “By the end of the day we had full boats and sore backs…we've made quite the dent but there is still work to be done. I look forward to rallying up many more volunteers for next year's Clean Up effort.” At the end of the day, volunteers collected over 600 lbs of trash. Intrepid volunteers included Jim and Kate Parks, Rusty Dixon, and Alan James. NCNR envisions a permanently protected New River as a treasured natural resource. The mission of NCNR is to advocate for successful protection of the New River, to restore eroding river and stream banks and enhance riparian habitat, and to permanently protect land along the River. NCNR works in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia’s New River watershed. Over the last 31 years, the organization has protected nearly 5,000 acres of land important to the River’s water quality, scenic and natural values, and has restored over 66 miles of river and stream bank.
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