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You are here: Home / Get Involved / Volunteers Needed April 15 to Help Clean Plastic Pellets from Pocono Creek in Tannersville

April 6, 2018 By Brodhead_Admin

Volunteers Needed April 15 to Help Clean Plastic Pellets from Pocono Creek in Tannersville

On March 31, 2018, a truck carrying 29,000 lbs of small plastic pellets, known as nurdles, crashed on Route 80 near Tannersville, Pa. A portion of the load was spilled into the Pocono Creek watershed. Thanks to the herculean efforts of Schlier’s Towing, the bulk of the nurdles were removed at the source. Now, the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited is spearheading an effort to try and capture as many of the escapees as possible.

Todd Burns, president of the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited, examines nurdles on April 6 that were deposited on a cross vane installed on the Pocono Creek by the Chapter as part of a trout habitat improvement project in 2017. 

Our first cleanup is being organized on Sunday, April 15 from 1-4 p.m. We will be meeting at the former Northampton Community College site on Old Mill Road. We will be cleaning sections of the creek from the Learn Preserve upstream to the Route 715 bridge through lands owned by the Pocono Heritage Land Trust and Pocono Township. Please bring aquarium nets, pool skimmers, dust pans, flat bladed shovels, rechargeable (Dustbuster) vacuums and buckets. 

Dress to get wet and bring a reusable water bottle and bug spray.

For more information, contact brodheadchapter@gmail.com

WHEN: Sunday, April 15 from 1 – 4 p.m.

WHERE: Former NCC Campus at 205 Old Mill Road in Tannersville, Pa. 18372

A map to the former campus is embedded below.

 

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