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  • Brooks Brannan, a volunteer with the United States Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, removes a rock-filled bottle from the water while Danyelle Brannan holds the canoe steady. The seventh annual Boardman River Clean Sweep drew 65 volunteers Saturday morning to clean the banks and waterway. Special to the Record-Eagle/Carol South

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June 13, 2011

Boardman River Clean Sweep tidies environment

BY CAROL SOUTH Special to the Record-Eagle

TRAVERSE CITY — Tires, a mangled and rusty bicycle, medical waste, chairs and a 60-pound safe.

Not to mention the countless cans and flip-flops, the most common finds during the Boardman River Clean Sweep.

This year's seventh annual event, held Saturday morning, dispatched 65 volunteers to remove this trash and more from the river. Workers cleaned the water and shore from the Forks landing upstream through the river's outlet into West Grand Traverse Bay downtown.

Teams of paddlers traversed the river, scanning for even the smallest garbage to remove. Walkers on the banks also combed an upstream section as well as the Boardman River downtown to clear out more waste. Volunteers came from organizations including the Traverse Area Paddle Club, Kingsley Outdoor Adventure Club, United States Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City and Home Depot.

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