Still River Depot

Saturday I went to the Oxbow - I've been working on getting the downstream side toward Rt. 2 cleaned up this year. I made a couple of runs and pulled out a lot of debris. We went out again Sunday and made one large run - nearly finishing it up! Once I finish that last bit - the Nashua River will be clear from The Oxbow to Rt 111 in Hollis NH. And now up to Rt. 117

There was a group of volunteers that had posted some signs stating that they'd cleaned up the stretch between Still River and 117. That's very cool, but also reminds me of a few things. Last year I had cleaned that stretch of river completely. This year I'd made several trips through. I'm sure the volunteers worked really hard to clean up the mess.

What we all need to take a way from that is this: Last year I had the river clean from past 117 all the way to Rt. 113. This year I had to start all over again. This project will never end. You can feel as though you've cleaned up the river, only to discover new trash the very next day - as was the case today.

I applaud the volunteers - thank you for your help. But I ask you to remember stewardship isn't like Earth Day, it needs to happen all year round. Keep up the good work!
-Ed