Residents remove almost 350 pounds of trash from Etra Lake Park

PHOTOS COURTESY OF EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP
Mayor Janice S. Mironov and council members joined local volunteers, Girl Scout Troop 70756 and other scouts, and area residents, to participate in the annual Stream Cleanup Event co-sponsored by the Watershed Institute at Etra Lake Park on April 23.

East Windsor Township and The Watershed Institute co-sponsored, in cooperation with the Americorps Watershed Ambassador Program, a stream cleanup at Etra Lake Park in East Windsor.

More than 70 volunteers, young and adult, joined in the stream cleanup on April 23, collecting over 347 pounds of trash and recyclables at the park on Disbrow Road, according to information provided by the township.

The purpose of this cleanup was to remove litter from local watershed streams, helping to keep water sources clean and provide for cleaner and more environmentally healthy streams, especially in honor of Earth Day, according to the statement.

 

Mayor Janice S. Mironov and council members joined local volunteers, Girl Scout Troop 70756 and other scouts, and area residents, to participate in the annual Stream Cleanup Event co-sponsored by the Watershed Institute at Etra Lake Park on April 23.
Mayor Janice S. Mironov and council members joined local volunteers, Girl Scout Troop 70756 and other scouts, and area residents, to participate in the annual Stream Cleanup Event co-sponsored by the Watershed Institute at Etra Lake Park on April 23.
Mayor Janice S. Mironov and council members help kick off the East Windsor Township-Watershed Institute Annual Stream Cleanup at Etra Lake Park on April 23. Pictured, from left: East Windsor Environmental Commission; Mironov; Deputy Mayor Peter Yeager; and Council Member John Zoller.
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