Environmental Clean-Up

[Sham_ba_la]

Hi Everyone,

If anyone in the DFW area is interested, on Saturday, September 20th there is going to be an International Clean up Day in The Colony at Lake Lewisville.

On that day divers and non-divers around the world will descend upon a waters edge and rid the shore and waters below of tons of stuff that doesn’t belong there, Last year the total weight for stuff collected exceeded 8 million lbs

If you'd like more information please PM me

 

[Dee]

I found out today that one of our local shops in having a clean-up at Twin Lakes for that. Guess I should have left that beer can on the bottom until then!

Thanks for the reminder!

 

[helmetHEC]

I AM NOT PUSHING ANY PARTICULAR LDS, But here is an email I received this morning.

"September 20, of course, is International cleanup day. We will
be meeting at www.hiddencovepark.com in The Colony, at Lake Lewisville. At this web site you will find directions on how to get there. Once there, we will have you sign up, assign different roles and then have a good time doing something really neat. WWW.bluedolphinscuba.com will have tanks available at the site for those needing air to dive. For those that need to rent gear, we’ll offer a %40 discount on rental rates. Please come early so
we can begin promptly at 9 a.m. and be finished by 1 p.m. Of course, the park area is a real nice place to hang out, so you will be welcome to stay longer and picnic, etc. if desired."

- see you there

 

[Sham_ba_la]

Thanks for posting that, I was a little nervous about putting too much information and making it sound like an advertisement for someone's business....

helmetHEC once bubbled...
I AM NOT PUSHING ANY PARTICULAR LDS, But here is an email I received this morning.

"September 20, of course, is International cleanup day. We will
be meeting at www.hiddencovepark.com in The Colony, at Lake Lewisville. At this web site you will find directions on how to get there. Once there, we will have you sign up, assign different roles and then have a good time doing something really neat. WWW.bluedolphinscuba.com will have tanks available at the site for those needing air to dive. For those that need to rent gear, we’ll offer a %40 discount on rental rates. Please come early so
we can begin promptly at 9 a.m. and be finished by 1 p.m. Of course, the park area is a real nice place to hang out, so you will be welcome to stay longer and picnic, etc. if desired."

- see you there

 

[cyklon_300]

These organized events are beneficial to the environment and fun social things to do, but I tend to make almost every freshwater dive a 'clean-up' dive.

It gives a purpose to the dive and allows me to work on precison buoyancy...I try to hover over each piece of trash and extract it without disturbing the silt.

Yesterday at WP I didn't find many cans (maybe my efforts are paying off), so I changed tactics and harvested fishing line from the rocks, alternating deploying my knife and shears to remove each ball of monofilament that I found.

At the end of the dive while I do my stops, I attach my catch bag to my lift bag and send it up, which gives me practice deploying the bag.

People onshore often notice the amount of garbage I haul out. Many express appreciation for the community service and hopefully it will make some think twice before tossing their trash.

 

[Dee]

Yesterday I picked up beer cans and cigarette butts off the bottom. Our lake also has swimmers and the residents of the RV park also fish in it. We seldom see divers drinking beer, or smoking for that matter. But I suspected the butts are from the fishermen in boats since they were found in the midddle of the lake. (deployed after divers leave or late in the day)

Twin Lakes is relatively clean but only because the divers constantly pick up trash.

 

[Sham_ba_la]

If anyone wants more information besides what's posted here you can view the Official Website for the Clean Up and the areas being covered.

Project Aware Cleanup

Link fixed by Dee