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“This year we saw COVID masks added to the usual debris, but limited mylar balloons,” reflected Groton Open Space Association (GOSA) President Joan Smith after a cleanup along the road frontage of the Merritt Family Forest.
In celebration of Earth Month, with support from The Last Green Valley, GOSA is organizing a series of roadside cleanups throughout their community. At the second cleanup at Candlewood Ridge and the Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area, one volunteer notably used a grappling hook to retrieve three tires from the quarry, while others collected the tires, rims and over two truckloads of trash. Up next is a cleanup at Haley Farm State Park along with Dog Scout Troop 219, a local geocaching group, and outreach support from Covanta. Follow more of GOSA’s Earth Month endeavors on their Instagram page…