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Marumsco Clean up Recap 11.16.2013

Fifty Nine volunteers worked on a recent cleanup day at Marumsco Creek in Veterans Park.



In a mere three hours, they collected nearly 7,000 pounds of trash and litter from the waterway and the wetlands.

Spearheaded by Prince William Soil and Water Conservation with help from Prince William County Parks and Recreation, Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, Neabsco Action Alliance and Keep Prince William Beautiful, by providing tools, equipment and volunteer recruitment.

When asked what was the most unusual items found, Kelly Jimenez, Outreach and Education Specialist and Adopt-A-Stream Coordinator stated, " Probably the oddest items this time were three wigs!"

Other items retrieved included: LOTS of plastic bottles, Styrofoam, lots of balls (basketballs, soccer balls, tennis balls, footballs, beach balls), food wrappers, plastic bags,  seat of a car. 2 kid sized cars, cans of paint, toys,  large construction marker, very large plastic trash dumpster, plastic bins, buckets, lumber with nails, wooden pallets,  coolers, large case for fishing gear, clothes, shoes, tarp, hoses, wire fencing, 9 tires, and a propane tank.

All told, volunteers nearly filled two big roll off dumpsters. This has been an ongoing effort to keep the creek clean. To learn more about what you can do to help, visit one of our web pages:

http://pwswd.org Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District
http://naa.org      Neabsco Action Alliance
http://pwtsc.org   Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition
http://kpwb.org    Keep Prince William Beautiful
http://pwcgov.org/fun/Pages/Parks--Recreation.aspx   PWC Parks and Recreation

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