Hey folks,
We heard through the grapevine that it was going to rain this weekend so we went out and did a little clean today. Nothing fancy, just 2 canoes, but with those 2 boats we got amazing pictures and ideas for access points for future cleans and also removed 5 tires, a dryer, a big tarp, a tail light, a Red Seal snuff sign and a bunch of other stuff. As always please enjoy our pictures and keep posted on upcoming cleans and events for you to join.
-Captain
Hey everybody,
Hope everyones weekend was spectacular, ours sure was. We got another 600 pounds of trash out of the river including 13 tires, a big metal seat out of a skid loader, and about 15 bags of random river trash. We had quite a few volunteers show up this weekend. Thanks to everyone who showed up. Also like to give a big thank you to the Downstream Project who is currently sponsoring us in doing a short film about trash removal in the Shenandoah. We’re hoping to put together some epic cleans for them to film. Folks we will be cleaning the river every Sunday from here on out at 10:00 A.M. so make sure to check us out on Facebook for the location which we are trying to get a little further out for you than a week but we are busy busy right now. As always enjoy our pics.
-Captain
Hey folks,
We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and as the year draws to a close we thought that we’d go back and take a look at all of the crazy things that we got ourselves into during this year. It seems like we just get busier and busier the further we go along. This year we obviously were in up to our eyeballs in river trash but we also adopted 30 miles of the Shenandoah River, 3 miles of highway, started an entirely new part to the organization with the mono-filament project, made some great new partners and sponsors, put several new kids through community service projects, broke our own record of amount of trash puled from the river, added 3 new members to the Earth Korps family and even brought some of the greatest bands from near and far together to put on a heck of a show for our fans. 2011 I hope you feel that we were good to you because you were certainly good to us. Also and most importantly we’d like to again thank anyone and everyone who supports what we do be it in monetary contribution, lending us the things we need to get the job done, lending us your backs, or just for patting us on the back. The people are what makes this thing work and I’d like to thank you all sincerely. That being said, please enjoy a few pictures here as we recap just some of the things we have done this year.
-Captain
Well folks,
I finally caught up with the good people at Magazine 33 and they sent me a copy of their issue featuring The Shenandoah Riverside Festival this past year. It is an awesome article and they got some really awesome pictures. Check it out and tell us what you think! Tell everyone you know!
Heres the link
Hey everyone,
Sorry for the delay. We have had a very busy week. First we participated in the metro areas GIVE TO THE MAX DAY which was awesome and allowed us to raise about another $100 towards the cause of cleaning up the Shenandoah River. Thank you to everyone who donated their time and eyes to read about what we’re doing and thanks to everyone who donated and continued to show support for what we do.
Also, I was able to get materials donated for us to put up 3 monofilament recycling stations along the North Fork. For those of you who do not know what monofilament is, it is a fancy word for fishing line. So now at certain high traffic fishing areas you will see these tubes for folks to put their old fishing line in so that we don’t have to be tangling up animals unnecessarily. We hope to have this project underway and these bins being installed in a matter of a few weeks. ( by we, I mean Earth Korps Inc and Friends of the North Fork.
By the way we’d like to give a big thank you to C.E. Thompson and Sons Inc in Edinburg for donating the materials for this project. We appreciate your support and hope to continue working together toward cleaning up our town and our watershed.
Keep your eyes posted for upcoming events and river/road cleans. P.S. we won’t be doing a whole lot of river cleaning during hunting season. You understand right!!
-Captain
Hey Folks,
Sorry, been very busy over here in Earth Korps land and the Captain is also getting ready to kick off his legendary Belgravia Haunted Mansion this Friday the 21st. As you may remember we partnered with Friends of the North Fork for their annual Fall clean and boy did they have a lot of volunteers show up so we have some great pics for you. As always we hope you enjoy our work, keep passing the word on and make sure you come by for Belgravia Haunted Mansion.
-Captain
Hey folks,
I finally got a chance to get these weights for you from our clean the other day. It looks like the final take was 320 pounds of recyclables plus about 150 pounds of metal bringing our total to 470 pounds of trash INcluding 7 tires and a peck deck machine! Not bad for the short amount of time it took to find that stuff. Persay it took us an hour to find that and lets just round up to 500 pounds for math’s sake. of 10 people did what we just did once a week that would be 5,000 pounds of trash from the river a week, 20,000 pounds of trash a month, that would be 240,000 pounds of trash from the Shenandoah River a year. If only 10 people committed themselves to doing this and helping out. WOW! The numbers are incredible. Well, until next time keep on reading and supporting your local non-profit.
-Captain
Hey Folks,
I just received a rather large package in the mail yesterday from the department of conservation and recreation. Inclosed were certificates of appreciation for stewardship to Virginia signed by Governor McDonnell for me to hand out to anyone who has helped out on river cleans with Earth Korps. So that being said, If you have in fact helped Earth Korps out in any way just send an e-mail to earthkorps@yahoo.com reminding me on your contribution and I will have one of these sent your way as soon as possible! Frame it, put it up on your office. It’s a great accomplishment and should be brandished proudly.
Thanks everyone for all the support we receive, keep reading the blogs and keep showing up to clean the river and we might just have a chance at restoring our watershed back to her natural beauty.
-Captain
Hey Folks,
I finally got around to getting a new camera cable so I could share with you the pictures from our clean last week. We found some pretty interesting things this time. How about a bow flex? Anyone ever seen one of those in the river. Heck of a disposal spot for one. Well it’s actually just a peck deck but I figured not everyone in the world knows what that is. Also the Friends of the North Fork have a river clean on September 15th. We have also registered with Clean Va Waterways in order to make this one of the largest clean-ups yet. Lets get lots of hands out there to really give Friends of the North Fork a great clean.
You can register for the clean at http://signuptocleanup.org/index.php?section=cleanup&action=main&fwID=10306 or just go onto the Friends of the North Forks website and I’m sure they’ll have directions. We have two different meeting places, one being the Friends office in Woodstock and the other being Redbanks Bridge close to our office in Edinburg. Pick either you like and then well head to the common clean site. If you know of an area of the river that needs particular attention right away please contact us and let us know. We will be glad to turn the river clean in that direction. Thanks everyone for the support and as always, enjoy our photos.
-Captain
Hey Guys,
Long time no blog right. I know I know, well we’re coming into the height of grant writing season and hunting season is right around the corner. If you listen closely you can already hear illegal gun blasts off in the distance which brings me to my point of not having many cleans as of late. I am trying to organize some larger events that can involve quite a few people and therefor we can be sure that we do not seem to look like a herd of deer in the least so bear with me. There was however a successful clean as of late by the Shenandoah River Outfitters. If you remember correctly we were to be on this clean but some last minute urgency came up and we were unable to attend. They however did have a good clean-up and were able to get 2,000 pounds of trash and 66 tires. Not bad for a days work. I figured I’d let everyone know of their success and inspire a few to go out and do their part by helping the Shenandoah River Watershed on her way back to health. We will be getting back to you shortly, hopefully with some good news about a large clean that we need many hands helping with. Hope everyone has a great day and remember to keep on supporting your local non-profits.
-Captain
