REVERE - Employees from GE Aviation in Lynn, members of the Saugus River Watershed Council, students from Revere High School and state Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein will join forces on Saturday, Sept. 26 to remove trash and other debris from Rumney Marsh.
Joan LeBlanc, director of the watershed council, said more volunteers are needed to participate in the 22nd annual Coastsweep. "Volunteers will help remove trash and debris from Rumney Marsh and participate in a statewide survey of marine debris for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management," she said, adding that the event presents an opportunity for high school students to earn community service hours.
Volunteers will meet behind the VFW Mottolo Post at 10 Garofalo St. The cleanup will be conducted from 9 a.m. to noon. Refreshments, gloves and trash bags will be provided. Work clothes are recommended.
"Please bring rubber boots if you have them," LeBlanc said.
Coastsweep coordinators have emphasized this year that volunteers should not move any fishing gear or pieces of fishing gear. Instead, participants should note any identification numbers and report the find to the state Environmental Police dispatcher at 617-626-1650. State law prohibits people from destroying or damaging pound nets, fish traps or weirs.
For more information about the Rumney Marsh cleanup, contact the watershed council at srw@shore.net or call 781-233-5046. The marsh is classified by the state as an environmentally-sensitive area and vital wetland.
The watershed council is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1991 to protect and restore the natural resources of the Saugus River watershed.
Coastsweep cleanups also took place last Saturday in Nahant at Long Beach and in Gloucester at Long, Niles and Wingaersheek beaches. Beach debris pickups were held earlier this month in Salem, Beverly, Ipswich and Newburyport.
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