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Building appreciation for the Monongahela and working toward a clean river. Results The Monongahela Monitor has been on the water since May, but high water limited work on litter cleanup during June and part of July. Nevertheless, the crew has picked up approximately 50 bags of trash, tires, Styrofoam and other floating debris. Also, the kids are loving it. For most, it's their first time on a boat and it's a close encounter with nature that is new to them. They love steering the 130 hp inboard/outboard, and they work with a will at snatching up the litter. These are young people that may not have ever had this kind of experience -- boating and working to improve the environment. So, it's my hope that this effort will have a lasting effect.We will be back out in the Morgantown harbor area and upriver above the dam and into the Uffington area all summer and through the fall. We go out nearly every Saturday for approximately four hours. Part of the day is devoted to learning about the environment, some about boats and the river's history, and then we start a cleanup. We've worked on the area above Deckers Creek where there is usually trash on the lovely peninsula there, around Montego Bay and Red Rocks (next to where the new marina is being built below the rail trail at the Subway shop) and then across the river at the approach to the Morgantown Lock. That's the Morgantown harbor portion. Then we go up through the lock and there is plenty of bottles and cans along both sides of the river above the dam. So, we've been keeping after that. Then we ride up toward Uffington and spot litter on the way. To save fuel and have less of an impact on carbon in the air from the engine, we shut the engine down and drift along the bank, using an anchor to hold us in close enough to grab the litter. Works well, especially if the wind is blowing onshore.
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