American River Cleanup @ Northgate, 1/18/2024

Описание: Watch out everyone, Rudy has a brand new whistle.
When he BLOWS😚💨🎵, we listen!

The Northgate area of the American River Parkway is looking fantastic.

During our Weekly Thursday Cleanup of the this area, combined with our Weekly Wednesday Cleanup of Steelhead Creek, we will soon have the entire area, RCWA CLEAN. Almost all the illegal camps are gone. Very few have moved back to areas we have already cleaned. Sacramento County Regional Parks has removed most of the bulky items, and RWCA has scoured the entire area. Just a couple more weeks and we will turn to maintenance mode. Nobody does it like RCWA.

Today, 9 volunteers met up at the gate at Northgate, then drove and parked along the bike trail nearby. This allowed for super easy access. Many volunteers worked the bike trail following the footpaths that always lead to trash. Friends also worked along Northgate Blvd removing lots of trash including 13 tires. It took playful teamwork to get this section cleaner.

Other volunteers scoured the detention basin and found lots of flood scattered trash. We also found several abandoned camps hiding in bushes and thorns. Many were still left from last years flooding. Shortly before quitting time, Greg Cordier of the American River Bike Patrol showed up on his bicycle. We left him with several bags and he then tackled one of the newly re-trashed areas.

We will be back soon! Just a year ago, Roland and Mark kayaked the very spot while it was under 10’ of water.

🎶Sean Lomax - Whistling Bizet's “Carmen” & “Dance Boheme”