{"id":3649,"date":"2011-08-14T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/?page_id=3649"},"modified":"2016-09-24T06:17:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T10:17:31","slug":"river-cleanup-2005","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/river-cleanup-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cleanup &#8211; 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table id=\"tablepress-62\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-62 tablepress-responsive\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TrashPeopleW2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TrashPeopleW2.jpg\" alt=\"TrashPeopleW2\" width=\"717\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TrashPeopleW2.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TrashPeopleW2-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><center><h4><b>Other River Cleanups: <\/b> <b><a href=\"..\/beats-2015-river-cleanups\/\"> 2015<\/a>,<a href=\"..\/river-cleanups-2014\/\"> 2014<\/a>,<a href=\"..\/river-cleanups-2013\/\"> 2013<\/a>,<a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2010\/\"> 2010<\/a>,<a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2009\/\"> 2009<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2008\/\"> 2008<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2007\/\"> 2007<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2005\/\"> 2005<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2004b\/\"> 2004<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/river-cleanup-2002\/\">2002 <\/a><\/b><\/h4><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-62 from cache -->\n<div id=\"tablepress-43-scroll-wrapper\" class=\"tablepress-scroll-wrapper\">\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-43\" class=\"tablepress 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class=\"column-1\"><h3><b><center>Bicycles, shopping carts and other debris in the river (West Street Bridge) before the clean-up.<\/center><\/b><\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05f.jpg\" alt=\"First of three photos showing the same spot in the river after cleanup.\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05g.jpg\" alt=\"Second of three photos showing the same spot in the river after cleanup.\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05h.jpg\" alt=\"Third of three photos showing the same spot in the river after cleanup.\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"column-1\"><h3><b><center>And after the clean-up<\/center><\/b><\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05c.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of trash, including 18 shopping carts, pulled from river at West Street Bridge.\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05d.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce counting the shopping carts\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/cleanAug05b.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of trash, including 18 more shopping carts, pulled from the river at Columbus Ave\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><h3><b><center>West Street Bridge<br \/>\n18 shopping carts<br \/>\nand lots more<\/center><\/b><\/h3><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><h3><b><center>Bruce counting the<br \/>\nshopping carts <\/center><\/b><\/h3><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><h3><b><center>Columbus Avenue.<br \/>\n18 more shopping carts<br \/>\n(and other stuff too)<\/center><\/b><\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div><!-- #tablepress-43 from cache -->\n<h2>THANK YOU EVERYBODY!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To all of the people who helped in the clean-ups. We couldn&#8217;t do it without you. Thank you to the Pittsfield Health Department for following up on all of our reports of illegal dumping. Thank you to the Pittsfield Conservation Commission and the Pittsfield Parks Department for providing dumpsters and for trucking away all of the trash. Thank you to the Mayor&#8217;s Office for arranging city-wide support and for arranging publicity. Thank you to Housatonic River Initiative (HRI), Housatonic Valley Association (HVA), Community Water Watch, Housatonic Environmental Action League (HEAL), United South Neighborhood Association, MassPIRG, and the Berkshire Community Center Conservation Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THANK YOU EVERYBODY! &nbsp; To all of the people who helped in the clean-ups. We couldn&#8217;t do it without you. Thank you to the Pittsfield Health Department for following up on all of our reports of illegal dumping. 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