August 23, 2014 - 2nd Annual 6 River Sweep
This event is normally led by Ethan Winchester of the Boyne Mountain
Fly Fishing Guide Service. But Ethan lost his house to a fire last winter
and the BRCS offered to take the lead this year so this great event
continued to go forward.
All but the Pigeon River were cleaned this year.
The Bear by the Tip of the MITT Watershed Counsel.
The Sturgeon by the BRCS
The Jordan by the Friends of the Jordan.
The Boyne by the Friends of the Boyne.
The Maple by the Miller Van-Winkle TU Chapter of Petoskey.
The Pigeon River was skipped this year due to a dam removal.
There was a small after party at the Thirsty Sturgeon in Wolverine after the events.
Here are some pictures of the events.
Sturgeon River:
There were only 2 TAPC members present but the local people stepped
up and we ended up with 10 people. Two did their work from TUBES!
Amazingly, they found and RETRIEVED more trash than the rest of us.
The Group in Wolverine
Thanks to Jamie from Sturgeon River Paddlesports for our shuttle.
On the river.
On the river.
On the river.
On the river.
Trash dropped off at Scott Rd.
Trash dropped off at S. White Bridge Rd.
Trash at Rondo Landing with all the rest, too.
We found 7 of these and removed one of them from the river.
We'll go back some day and get the rest.
We hate these things in our rivers.
This was a nice group of experienced people who know this river like
the back of their hand. It was a pleasure to work with them today.
The BRCS would like to thank BRIAN O'CONNOR of the Wolverine Cabinet Co.
for a very generous donation to help with the food and drinks for the after party
at the THIRSTY STURGEON on Scott Rd in Wolverine.
Also, Thanks to The BIG BEAR Canoe Livery of Indian River for helping
with the pick up and disposal of the trash.
By Norm Fred
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The Maple River
Greg Walz, president of the Miller Van-Winkle TU chapter in Petoskey
sent me these pictures from his very successful project.
Norm,
A few pics from Miller-Van Winkle TU clean up along the West Branch Maple River.
Our crew was Ed Davis, Steve Radecki and Charles Wilson.
Ed and Charles in the photo.
We had several hundred pounds of trash and 6 tires all collected from
river access and camp sites on state land.
Thanks for making this happen.
Greg Walz - Miller Van Winkle Trout Unlimited - Petoskey
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Friends Of The Jordan
Hello Norman and Dan,
Just wanted to let you know that Friends of the Jordan participated in the River Sweep on the Jordan River. Attached is a photo. Thank you for organizing this, it is a great idea to do all the rivers on the same weekend and helps raise awareness of the importance of river stewardship (lots of people asked us what we were doing and promised to pick up any trash they found).
Anne Zukowski
John Teesdale
Link to PDF IMAGE from the F.O.J.
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Bear River Cleanup 2014
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Many hands made light work today at the Healing the Bear - Bear River Cleanup
A big thank you to everyone that volunteered.
Taken at 10th Healing the Bear
Bear River Cleanup
Our thanks to the leaders of this great event to make the Bear a beautiful river again.
Submitted by Dan Myers
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Additional Notes:
Follow up Report on the Sturgeon River
Locations and notes on the post flood debris found Aug 23, 2014
The locations for the dock sections we found on the Sturgeon are here:
Sttire N45.28672 W84.60398
Tire in about 4-6 feet of water mid-river. Probably partially buried.
Would likely need a swimmer and grappling hook.
Stwire N45.29263 W84.60825
Wire rope (~ 1/4") affixed to river bottom near base of large willow
tree @ Thirsty Sturgeon. Cut with bolt cutters slightly below grade
prob best option.
Stdk1 N45.29259 W84.60873
Dock section right across from Thirsty Sturgeon's landing pretty well
embedded into log jam on far side. (River right)
Sttank N45.31002 W84.61956
Large blue "pressure tank" about the size of a 55 gal. drum. Partially
buried in muck, river right.
Stsmdk N45.31019 W84.62070
Small dock on river left
Stply N45.31904 W84.62001
Plywood pinned against log jam just upstream of a downed tree. May
have additional boards/structure but only face of plywood was visible.
Fast water as I recall. Downstream of Wendy's house.
Stdk2 N45.32938 W84.62613
Medium dock pulled out on 23-Aug-2014 cleanup, left on river right at
marked spot.
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