Cleanup data from all Adopt-A-Shoreline and Adopt-A-Feeder Stream Programs are now automatically uploaded to the website after entry in our master spreadsheet. This provides a real-time meter to view the success of these programs in keeping the shoreline clean.
Read MoreCleanup data from all Adopt-A-Shoreline and Adopt-A-Feeder Stream Programs are now automatically uploaded to the website after entry in our master spreadsheet. This provides a real-time meter to view the success of these programs in keeping the shoreline clean.
Read MoreRead an extensive interview with Fran DiGiano, Past-President of Clean Jordan Lake conducted by Ranger Blake Johnson, who is assigned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jordan Lake and is a valued partner in our cleanup efforts. It covers a lot of ground (and water, sort of speak). Many of the questions folks ask of Clean Jordan Lake are answered.
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We offered a cleanup of Third Fork Creek as our contribution to Durham Creek Week. This was the third year of our participation. The productivity of 15 volunteers was far greater than the usual 3 bags per person! 100 bags of trash and 9 tires were removed- that’s close to 7 bags per person!. The volunteers worked tirelessly to haul them from the creek to the edge of the Durham Public Works Operation Center parking lot.
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We take a look back at the cleanup accomplishments of our volunteers in 2020. Despite fewer and smaller cleanups because of Covid-19, the results are still impressive.
The 27 groups in our Adopt-A-Shoreline Program and 4 in our Adopt-A-Feeder Stream Program were mostly able to do at least one cleanup. In 61 cleanups, 315 volunteers collected 605 bags of trash and 41 tires. In addition to these, another 122 volunteers from organizations and the general public participated in 12 Small Group Cleanups collecting 279 bags of trash and 7 tires.
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On very short notice, we invited members of meetup.com/helpcleanjordanlake to volunteer for a trash cleanup on Black Friday morning. We missed our chance to register this event with REI's #optoutside as we had done several years ago. But the idea was the same-- take a walk outdoors rather than in a shopping mall and feel good about taking care of our local environment.
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What a weekend of volunteering for Clean Jordan Lake! It started with Small Group Cleanup No. 4 at the Tailrace, where water exits the lake via the dam (see last post). On Friday morning, 13 volunteers pulled and tugged on fishing line snagged along the rocks while picking up bottles, cans, lures, etc. enough to fill 22 bags just from careless recreational use. At the same time, the RES.us Adopt-A-Shoreline group was likewise busy under and around the north end of the bridge on Beaver Creek Rd near Ebenezer Church Boat Ramps.
Read MoreThank you for your support this year! Please consider making a tax deductible donation to Clean Jordan Lake by the end of the year to help sustain our work in 2020!
To donate, please visit: http://www.cleanjordanlake.org/donate
The top 5 donations received before 12/31/19 will receive a special Clean Jordan Lake gift.
We depend on donations to cover our annual operating expenses the largest of which are the rental of a storage unit for our supplies and liability insurance. Any amount will help.
The lake's shoreline is far cleaner than when we started in 2009 thanks to your volunteerism and donated services.
The grand totals in 10 years of volunteerism are: 478 cleanup events, 7,575 volunteers, 16,638 bags (about 166 tons) and 4717 tires! We did this with no paid staff.
Thank you for your continued support! Happy Holidays!
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On very short notice, we invited members of meetup.com/helpcleanjordanlake to volunteer for a trash cleanup on Black Friday morning. We missed our chance to register this event with REI's #optoutside as we had done several years ago. But the idea was the same-- take a walk outdoors rather than in a shopping mall and feel good about taking care of our local environment.
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Our MEGA Trash Cleanup #cleanjordanlake attracted a MEGA crowd of volunteers on a spectacular Fall day. We registered about 190 and there were probably a few more that didn't come to our table. There were families, high school and middle school students, and a couple of generations of adults! They worked on land and water. Seven brought boats, a kayak and even a canoe.
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Apex and Wake County elected officials and staff were invited to another in our series of Environmental Awareness Pontoon Boat Tours on October 12th. Over the last several years, we’ve hosted Durham County and City, Chatham County, the Town of Cary and members of Jordan Lake One Water Association. In the photo from left to right in top row are: Audra Killingsworth, Apex Town Councilor; Brett Gantt, Apex Town Councilor; Bill Jensen, past Apex Town Councilor; Sig Hutchinson, Chair of Wake County’s Board of Commissioners; Drew Havens, Apex Town Manager; Marty Stone, Apex Assistant Town Manager. In lower row are: Fran DiGiano, Clean Jordan Lake; Kim Sirk, Clean Jordan Lake; Sig Hutchinson’s wife; and Nicole Dozier, Apex Town Councilor /Mayor Pro Tem.
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Perfect weather on Saturday morning, June 15 provided a stunning backdrop for our Environmental Awareness Tour of Jordan Lake with Town of Cary elected and appointed officials.
Town council members Jennifer Robinson and Jack Smith were joined by Jamie Revels, the Utilities Director and Jeff Adkins, the Water Resources Manager as well as Rick Savage, President of Carolina Wetlands Association, Chair of Cary’s Environmental Advisory Board.
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