GRDA Photos from Sept. 20th Shoreline Cleanup Campaign

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Cleaning up Grand Lake… With a little help from the Grand River Dam Authority's buoy barge, volunteers removed this mountain of shoreline trash from the waters of Grand Lake during last Saturday's (Sept. 20), Grand Lake Shoreline Cleanup. GRDA, along with the Grand Lake Sail and Power Squadron, Grand Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the Monkey Island Association joined forces to make the event possible, and provided dumpsters at various locations around the lake. GRDA also provided its barge to aid the effort. A big "Thank You" goes out from event organizers to everyone who spent part of a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning up the shoreline. The cleanup helps rid the shoreline of old dock foam and other debris, thus making it a safer, and more scenic, destination for all lake visitors, including those with fins and feathers.

This may not be a pretty sight… but the Grand Lake shoreline looks much better today because of the volunteers who created this pile of debris at the dumpsters. Those volunteers were taking part in the annual Grand Lake Shoreline Cleanup effort last Saturday (Sept. 20). GRDA, along with the Grand Lake Sail and Power Squadron, Grand Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the Monkey Island Association joined forces to make the event possible, and provided dumpsters at various locations around the lake. A big "Thank You" goes out from event organizers to everyone who came out to "lend a hand to clean up Lady Grand."

Lending a hand to clean up Lady Grand… Grand River Dam Authority General Counsel Gretchen Zumwalt-Smith (seated), along with Assistant General Counsel Tamara Jahnke and GRDA Ecosystems Department's Jacklyn Jaggars prepare to head to the waters of Grand Lake on Saturday, September 20, while participating in the annual Grand Lake Shoreline Cleanup event. GRDA, along with the Grand Lake Sail and Power Squadron, Grand Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the Monkey Island Association joined forces to make the event possible. However, it was the efforts of volunteers --- who spent much of their Saturday picking up trash --- that made the event successful. The cleanup helps rid the shoreline of old dock foam and other debris, thus making it a safer, and more scenic, destination for all lake visitors, including those with fins and feathers.