Volunteers
collected trash from the river bed and deposited it into the
dumpster that had been lowered by a crane onto an island in
the river. The dumpster was then raised, and another
dumpster placed on the island. All told, 12,000 pounds
of trash were collected from the streambed.
The
cleanup took place during salmon spawning season, which meant
that hundreds of salmon were swimming up the river from Lake
Michigan to return to the place of their birth. The fish
then lay their eggs and die in the shallow water.
Volunteers worked amidst fish thrashing upstream, like the one
on the left, as well as hundreds of fish who had already died
(below).
Volunteers
worked together to pry up trash that had become mired in the
sediment.
Volunteers
collected trash from the river bed and deposited it into the
dumpster that had been lowered by a crane onto an island in
the river. The dumpster was then raised, and another
dumpster placed on the island. All told, 12,000 pounds
of trash were collected from the streambed.
The
cleanup took place during salmon spawning season, which meant
that hundreds of salmon were swimming up the river from Lake
Michigan to return to the place of their birth. The fish
then lay their eggs and die in the shallow water.
Volunteers worked amidst fish thrashing upstream, like the one
on the left, as well as hundreds of fish who had already died
(below).
Volunteers
worked together to pry up trash that had become mired in the
sediment.
