Urbana Parks Lends a Hand and Piles Accumulate

Daniel and Chris

Today we met with Chris and Daniel from the Urbana Parks.  Chris showed up with a backhoe tractor but he quickly realized that what we really needed to do the job was a large trailer, and graciously offered one up.  Evan and I showed up with a Ford Ranger expecting to load and drive 5 or 6 loads and we quickly agreed that a trailer would be fantastic and a welcome reward for all the trips we have made thus far schlepping debris up and down the Saline's water and its muddy banks.  Chris returned from getting the trailer and with him came Daniel; they both helped load and drop-off the carts and other debris.  They made what would have been 7-8  loads for the Ford Ranger in two.  For that we Thank Chris and Daniel very much and also their supervisor Shane and ultimately Tim who has taken an interest in the project and made the arrangements.  Coordinated effort pays off and the Urbana Parks District and its staff should be commended. Thank You!  

The pile as it stands June 9th.

 We have dug and removed 30+ carts from a half mile stretch of the Saline Creek.  We originally believed there to be only seven-teen carts, but as the work began and we spent more time in the this stretch of the creek more carts were revealed.   If we can manage to pull carts from the Saline all the way to St. Joseph, we might collect 60 carts.  The heavy concentrations of carts are in Urbana and as the Saline runs its way to St.Joe the number of carts per half mile is reduced significantly.  The next section we are to dig contains sixteen carts but we are likely to find more.  

The half mile stretch, 30 carts

The next half mile should deliver 16+ carts

                               

                                   

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The Saline is us, Created in our image, There our waste does flow

Conditions: Partly sunny and comfortably overcast, a rotting corpse was nearby the loading site but a light breeze helped alleviate the stench

Observed Fauna: Hawk, Two Ground Hogs,  a largely brown bird the size of a quail with an unusually narrow and long downward curving beak ( i have seen this type of bird on the saline once before but do not know what it is)