Cleaning up
Roseville-Miminegash Watersheds’ beach cleanups getting noticed
The Northumberland Strait beach and the banks of streams and estuaries between Waterford and Burton are about 500 kilograms lighter due to the efforts of workers and volunteers with two watershed groups.
The Northumberland Strait beach and the banks of streams and estuaries between Waterford and Burton are about 500 kilograms lighter due to the efforts of workers and volunteers with two watershed groups. The Roseville-Miminegash Watersheds Inc. co-ordinated the recent two-day cleanup and received assistance from Tignish and Area Watersheds Management Group. Seven workers from the two groups and two volunteers spent two days gathering up garbage which was delivered last week to the Island Waste Management depot in Brockton. Danny Murphy, co-ordinator for Roseville-Miminegash, estimates the nine-member team covered 40 kilometres of shoreline. The effort focused on the Black Pond, Miminegash, Little Miminegash, Campbellton, White’s Cove and Dalton’s Brook watersheds. Plastic chairs, rope and buoys, disposable diapers, vehicle parts including brake drums, bicycle fenders, tires and broken glass were among the finds. “We’re finding it’s getting a little better every year,” Murphy said, suggesting people are noticing the twice-a-year cleanup effort and are doing their part not to add to the problem. The watersheds group also has containers located at the beach access points in Campbellton and Burton so that beach users can stash their trash, and any trash they find on the beaches, on their way home. Workers report the containers are usually full each time they arrive to empty them.