{"id":3779,"date":"2011-08-15T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/?page_id=3779"},"modified":"2015-08-31T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:48:53","slug":"river-cleanup-sheffield-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/river-cleanup-sheffield-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cleanup in Sheffield &#8211; 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table id=\"tablepress-44\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-44 tablepress-responsive tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/WestStBefore1.jpg\" alt=\"First of three photos showing Housatonic River with shopping carts, bicycles, and other trash.\" caption=\"Before Cleanup (2005)\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-2\"><center><h3>Other River Cleanups<\/h3><\/center><h3> <br \/>\n<h3> <a href=\"..\/beats-2015-river-cleanups\/\"> 2015<\/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><\/h3><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2005\/WestStBefore3a.jpg\" alt=\"Third of three photos showing Housatonic River with shopping carts, bicycles, and other trash.\" width=\"259\" height=\"175\" \/><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b><center><h3>River Before Cleanup (2005)<\/h3><\/center><\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b><center><h3>River After Cleanup (2005)<\/h3><\/center><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"column-1\"><center><h3><p class=\"generaltext\">BEAT has been organizing river cleanups since 2002. <a href=\"contact-us\">  Contact us<\/a> if you would like to be part of our next clean-up.<\/p><\/h3><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-44 from cache -->\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"99%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"100%\" height=\"22\">\n<p class=\"generaltext\">We put our canoes and kayaks in at the Kellogg Road launch site in Sheffield and enjoyed a morning out on the river! This was the first of three river clean-ups planned as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\/take-action\/cleanup\/\" target=\"_blank\">National River Cleanup Week<\/a>, and was beautifully organized by Pat Elsbach and Kathy Orlando of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheffield Land Trust<\/a> in cooperation with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hvatoday.org\" target=\"_blank\">Housatonic Valley Association (HVA). <\/a>Also participating in the cleanup were Bruce and Jane Winn from BEAT and Jenny Hersch from the proposed Housatonic River Museum and Dennis Regan from HVA. <span class=\"style1\">(Photos by Jane Winn, BEAT &#8211; click on image for a larger picture)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/beginning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/beginningSM.jpg\" alt=\"Canoeing the Housatonic in Sheffield\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/Jenny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/JennySM.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny starting down the river\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/JennyOxbow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/JennyOxbowSM.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny returning from cleaning out the oxbow\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\" height=\"62\">Put in our old 17&#8242; aluminum canoe<br \/>\nat the Kellogg Street launch site and started down the river.<span class=\"style1\"> (Click on a picture for a larger image.)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\" height=\"62\">Jenny Hersch, the energy behind the proposed Housatonic River Museum, had a very light canoe, so she made a side trip to clean an oxbow.<\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\" height=\"62\">Jenny retrieved from the oxbow, among other trash, the only tire that we found on this cleanup.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/End.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/endSM.jpg\" alt=\"At the end of the cleanup\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/KathyBruce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/KathyBruceSM.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Orlando of the Sheffield Land Trust\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/Middle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/MiddleSM.jpg\" alt=\"the Housatonic River\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"generaltext\">At the end of the trip, we pulled out by the covered bridge. A few hardy souls continued on downstream.<\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\">Kathy standing next to the only tire and some other trash, with Bruce Winn from BEAT in the background.<\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\">And we left behind a beautiful stretch of river with no trash.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/DennisNRCWmessage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/DennisNRCWmessSM.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis with a message in a bottle\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/Message.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/MessageSM.jpg\" alt=\"The message in a bottle\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/MessageOpen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/CleanUps\/2007\/Shef070602\/MessOpenSM.jpg\" alt=\"The message SOS\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\">Dennis Regan from the Housatonic Valley Association with Pat Elsbach from the Sheffield Land Trust holding a couple of the trash bags provided by American Rivers.<\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\">Dennis found a message in a bottle&#8230;<\/td>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" valign=\"top\">&#8230;which read &#8220;SOS&#8221; (and an email address &#8211; sorry you won&#8217;t be able to read it here.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"generaltext\" colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\">Also check out the cleanups in <a href=\"river-cleanup-pittsfield-2007\/\">Pittsfield<\/a> and <a href=\"river-cleanup-great-barrington-2007\/\">Great Barrington.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span class=\"generaltext\">THANK YOU EVERYBODY!<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We put our canoes and kayaks in at the Kellogg Road launch site in Sheffield and enjoyed a morning out on the river! 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