Annual Androscoggin River Clean-Up Yields 1/2-Ton, Odd Items

As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine took part in the clean-up of a section of the Androscoggin River from West Bethel to Bethel on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

In speaking with Wende Gray, a representative of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, she said the rafts were loaded with debris.

They found at least 1,000 lbs including car bumper, culvert, oil tank, bedspring, tires, car seat, paint cans, lamp post, electrical conduit, baby carriage and 1950′s record player.

Below are pictures of some of the participants and a good representation of some of the debris that got hauled away.

Tom Remington