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2005 SHORELINE CLEANUP
The Oldman Watershed Council in partnership with the Helen Schuler Coulee Centre held a successful shoreline cleanup on September 15 in Botterill Park. Volunteers from both organizations came out to participate.
The TD Canada Trust, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is part of an international effort to clean Canada’s shorelines. Held every September, this cleanup event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), in which 120 countries including Canada participate. In Canada, the Shoreline Cleanup began in 1994 in Vancouver and by 2002 the event had spread Canada wide. In 2004, cleanups occurred along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, along the Great Lakes, the Saint-Lawrence Seaway and numerous prairie rivers and lakes, including the Oldman River.
We had a lot of fun cleaning up Botterill Park and we were quite surprised at how clean it already was. It was almost exciting to find garbage and we were fighting over who got to collect it. We had 13 people come out and volunteer and we collected less than 1 bag of garbage after 2 hours and 2 kilometers of walking.
In 2004, cigarette filters were the most common item found across Canada, but we found that in Botterill Park, food wrappers and containers were the most common. Our largest item was a tire that appeared to have been caught up in flood debris, and other items were 3 golf balls, and a car antennae ball.
If you want to organize a clean-up in your area next year or find out more about the TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, please visit the website.
The TD Canada Trust, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is part of an international effort to clean Canada’s shorelines. Held every September, this cleanup event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), in which 120 countries including Canada participate. In Canada, the Shoreline Cleanup began in 1994 in Vancouver and by 2002 the event had spread Canada wide. In 2004, cleanups occurred along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, along the Great Lakes, the Saint-Lawrence Seaway and numerous prairie rivers and lakes, including the Oldman River.
We had a lot of fun cleaning up Botterill Park and we were quite surprised at how clean it already was. It was almost exciting to find garbage and we were fighting over who got to collect it. We had 13 people come out and volunteer and we collected less than 1 bag of garbage after 2 hours and 2 kilometers of walking.
In 2004, cigarette filters were the most common item found across Canada, but we found that in Botterill Park, food wrappers and containers were the most common. Our largest item was a tire that appeared to have been caught up in flood debris, and other items were 3 golf balls, and a car antennae ball.
If you want to organize a clean-up in your area next year or find out more about the TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, please visit the website.
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