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[BladeKid]

The Coquitlam River Clean Up will take place on February 5th, 2012. This is an important day to give back to our local river. From 10am to 3pm come on out and lend your hand at keeping our local river clean and free of garbage. Meet at 10am at the store, bring your own gloves or if you don’t have any just bring you. We’ll supply gloves and garbage bags for you. Please be sure to dress well for the weather and the task at hand. The Coquitlam River Clean Up has been an annual event for the past nine years with the generous help of volunteers and the support of the City of Port Coquitlam and the City of Coquitlam. In years past we’ve removed a tremendous amount of garbage including everything from discarded dog waste in bags tossed into the river to mattresses, sleeping bags, shopping carts, car parts and even fishermen’s waste items like line, floats and bait containers. Every helping hand is appreciated and the river needs you.

See Riverside's website: http://www.riversideflyandtackle.com/  

[Matt]

Thanks for posting!

[BladeKid]

On a side note,  the Coquitlam River Streamkeepers will be collecting donations going towards their current project of buliding some much needed Egineered Log Jams on the river, to help increase rearing habitat. The Coquitlam River Dam has significantly reduced the river's large woody debris (LWD) concentrations. Any and all donations would greatly be appreciated.

Michael

[Rodney]

I've added a poll to this thread. Thanks to Gary and his staff for keeping this cleanup going for since 2004. It's good to see we got one going in almost all the major river systems in the Lower Mainland now. Unfortunately it has to be done but it is a good start to clean up our streams.

[gmachine19]

Can I just drop in on the said date, or do i have to register?

[scouterjames]

Sent to the Coquitlam Area Scout groups.....

[Sam6140]

I was just wondering why the clean up isn't during the summer.   I would think it would be easier to clean up the river when the water level would be much lower, and you can therefore probably retrieve way more garbage and probably access more of the shoreline.  The turn-out would be better as it wouldn't be miserable out.

Maybe there already is a clean up during the summer?   Also it's the day of the Superbowl!

[BladeKid]

Pro and cons were weighed as to which dates would be best.

Even an hour or two of your time would greatly be appreciated. Any support, small or big, is still support! 

There is no registration, its an open, drop in event.

[top fuel]

who picked super bowl sunday???

[ShaunO]

who picked super bowl sunday???

Not a sports fan!  I'm sure there will be lots of time to clean before the opening kickoff at 3:30pm

[Rodney]

Bump!

[Livinlarge]

This river definatley could use a helping hand.  Shopping carts, tires and stripped wire are a few of the regular stuff l find down there walking the dog.  Those are the things we can help with.   Unfortunatley the gravel pits and storm drain runoffs are a bit harder to deal with.  Showing up and cleaning up one single item will leave the river better off,  i encourage anyone to go even if its for half an hour.

[Bavarian Raven]

spread the word through the environmental student union at my uni. hopefully myself or some of them can make it

[Rodney]

Bumping it up one more time. The weather forecast looks great for Sunday!

[chris gadsden]

I was just wondering why the clean up isn't during the summer.   I would think it would be easier to clean up the river when the water level would be much lower, and you can therefore probably retrieve way more garbage and probably access more of the shoreline.  The turn-out would be better as it wouldn't be miserable out.

Maybe there already is a clean up during the summer?   Also it's the day of the Superbowl!

Now is a good time to cleanup along the shore as not so much foliage so easier to see and access the garbage in the bush.