Litter removal along the Mystic is not just for Earth Month. The City of Everett hosted a successful cleanup on May 15th at Rivergreen Park and May 16th at Gateway Park, both along the Malden River. More than 250 volunteers attended the Everett event while the City of Chelsea, GreenRoots and the Mystic River Watershed Association coordinated a coastal cleanup at Island End River on May 22nd.
By the Numbers:
3 sites: Rivergreen and Gateway Park in Everett and Island End in Chelsea
270+ people
Removed dozens of tires
Collected 60+ garbage bags of trash
The Clean River Project who partnered with Everett filled 6 boatloads of industrial debris like discarded lumber and metal scraps.
Thank you to all the volunteers and city leaders as we work together to make our Mystic Trash Free!
Photo Credit: Todd Kent. Within this sea of red, notice that it was not just litter removed. Volunteers also pulled invasive species and planted native seeds and trees as a first step to a longer-term shoreline restoration effort at Rivergreen. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, open up views to the Malden River and is funded by the Mystic River Watershed Association’s $1.27 million grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) fund.
Photos from Island End cleanup and the walking tour hosted on Saturday, May 22nd to highlight the Island End River restoration and flood resilience work by the City of Chelsea, with partners GreenRoots, Weston & Sampson and ONE Architecture. This event also highlighted Fruitful Resilience an art installation that is meant to start conversations around the impacts of climate change and how to build climate resilience. The art installation was funded by the Chelsea Cultural Council – Chelsea Heritage Celebrations Grant Funding
