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Friends of Accotink Creek
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Thanks to all the Friends of Accotink Creek who joined the International Coastal Cleanup at five of our 12 adopted stretches of Accotink Creek in 2011. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 109 bags of trash, 11 tires, and junk ranging from a rolling trash bin to a bean bag chair.
Plan now to volunteer again with others to preserve our oceans and waterways or coordinate one of our cleanup sites in September & October, 2012! And don't miss the Potomac Watershed Cleanup in April & May, 2012!
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Unstoppable volunteers work on through the rain.
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A typical bag of trash laid out for statisical analysis.
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Trash in our streams is fed mainly by litter running off streets and parking lots, into storm drains. Friends of Accotink Creek conducts public education and storm drain marking events to address this chronic problem at the source. |
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Learn about storm drain filters as a part of the solution to keeping trash from reaching our waterways: National Inlet & Trident
Remember to remind your groups of the importance of proper cleanup during and after all outdoor activities. Reduce, Recycle, Reuse! In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. - Aristotle |
Plastic bottles, styrofoam, and other buoyant trash often accumulates in large "rafts".
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Sometimes stream cleanups become a balancing act.
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Despite all the wonderful volunteers who have turned out to help, we are still outnumbered by the litterbugs. Your club, school, business, or other group is welcome to join Friends of Accotink Creek in next year's International Coastal Cleanup in September & October,2012 and the Potomac Watershed Cleanup in April & May, 2012! Volunteer site leaders and coordinators are needed!
Follow the Friends of Accotink Creek motto and "Find just one other person who cares". Contact us, E-mail.
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The International Coastal Cleanup is the world's largest volunteer data collection effort devoted to the marine environment. The Ocean Conservancy compiles the data received from sites around the world, and prepares a summary report to be used by citizens and policy makers in evaluating our progress in dealing with this serious form of pollution.
Temple Adat Reyim volunteers again joined with Friends of Accotink Creek with a great turnout at our Wakefield Park location.
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Floodwater left trash in the trees? No problem!
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Just improvise a tool of greenbriar thorns on a stick!
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Volunteers working on a serious trash deposit. 
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"Shouldering the load" to clean up Accotink Creek.
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A "BEFORE" picture of erosion deposits at Danbury Forest Lane.
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"AFTER" photo of the same spot, after repair by cleanup volunteers.
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Volunteers making progress against a large raft of trash in Wakefield Park. 
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"AFTER" photo of the same spot, after much hard work by volunteers. 
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