[Bristol-Birds] Rankin cleanup
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:44:12 -0500
> Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county's exceptional wildlife area, has many visitors
> through the year. They come to go fishing, paddling, birdwatching, walking,
> hunting in season, or just to get away from it all. Douglas Lake rises into
> Rankin every summer, then recedes and leaves behind floating litter from the
> Nolichucky, Pigeon and French Broad Rivers. There are no trash containers in
> the area; and some careless visitors leave cans, bottles and and containers
> behind. Litter cleanup is done by volunteers only; The Rankin Bottoms
> Project has sponsored annual pickup events there since 2001. This year,
> locals were joined by folks from four chapters of the Tennessee
> Ornithological Society and from the Chota Canoe Club, based in Knoxville.
> Eighteen hardy souls, from 6 East Tennessee counties, gathered on Saturday,
> December 9, to eliminate trash along the Coal Chute Road at Rankin Bottoms.
> Standing behind one of the days' litter piles are, from left to right: Linda
> Morrison, Tony King, Patty Ford, Eddy Whitson, Rick Knight, Patti Berrier,
> Ron Lapp, Rose Lapp, David Kirschke, Charlene Cureton (representing Keep
> Cocke County Beautiful), Roger Arnwine, Linda Wright, Mary Rule, Steve Kopp,
> Karen Catlett, and Leslie Gibbens, event coordinator for the Rankin Bottoms
> Project. .
>
> Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN
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