This year’s PA Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup was held on September 17 and resulted in 1,885 volunteers picking up 5,257 pounds of trash along the Lake Erie shoreline and waterways within Erie County.

DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program has been the main sponsor of the PA Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup since 2003. Since then, the cleanup has removed 121,886 pounds of trash from the Lake Erie shoreline and watershed tributaries.

For more information on the cleanup, visit the PA Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup webpage.  Questions should be directed to Jake Moore of DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program at 814-217-9634 or send email to: jacmoore@pa.gov.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful coordinates the International Coastal Cleanup Program generally throughout the Commonwealth.  Click Here for more information.

[Posted Dec. 27, 2016]

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