Watauga Lake clean-up a success
Published 3:26 pm Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Photo Contributed A volunteer with just some of the 3,202 pounds of trash and debris that was cleaned up by volunteers at the lake recently.
Photo Contributed Volunteers stop for a break after gathering trash and debris at Watauga Lake.
Photo Contributed It was a team effort as volunteers gathered to clean up the banks and waters of the Watauga Lake.
Photo Contributed 15 volunteers gathered at Watauga Lake recently to do clean-up on and around the banks of the lake.
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Keep Carter County Beautiful along with special assistance from organizer and host Kathleen Gibi of KTnRB and a grant from Volkswagen Corporation completed a successful clean-up of the Watauga Lake recently.
Several volunteers braved the cold weather and water to make the event a success.
Benny Lyons, Carter County Solid Waste Director, supported the event by providing two roll-off dumpsters.
There were 15 volunteers who participated in the clean-up with 3,202 pounds of trash and debris removed from the lake and surrounding shores.
KCCB Chairman Ed Jordan thanked everyone for their contributions and participation in the event and wanted to remind the public that littering and illegal dumping along the roads and countryside end up downstream and eventually into the rivers, lakes, and oceans as evidenced by the material removed from the lake during the clean-up.
With this type of behavior, a grave, negative impact will be transferred onto the only environment mankind has.
