De-littering the Northwest Branch

Reports from 4/23/22 cleanups: Lane Manor Park and behind W. Hyattsville Metro, with 30 volunteers each.

Leader Ben Simasek had an ample crew for this cleanup, which was the day after Earth Day. Photo by Claudia Simasek.

Report on 4/10/22 cleanup of Lamberton Trib: 8 overworked workers, 12 bags trash, 1 of clean recyclables, 2 tires, approx. 40 lbs metal & wood refuse

1. Laura Turbe leads the charge...again.

Report from 4/9/22 cleanup, Burnt Mills West: 9 hardy workers, 15 bags of trash, 1 of recyclables, 2 bikes, plywood, plastic & metal junk

1. Cleanup leader Frank Sprtel addresses the troops. The target area is the west side of Colesville Rd. & the trib that has carved a deep gully there.

Report from 3/26/22 Burnt Mills cleanup: 21 volunteers, 21 bulging bags plus tons of other stuff. Well done! Thanks to all!

James bring down a heavy load from the high trail.

Spring 2021 stream cleanups: Burnt Mills, W. Hyattsville, & Under the ICC

Kem Morawski, John Melle, and Sudeep Bhatia show the initial collection. Then it grew.... Burnt Mills, 4/10/21.

Winter cleanup at Burnt Mills 1/6/21

Dismayed by Ed Murtagh's video of largely street runoff litter, NNWB members Kem Morawski, Anne Ambler, and Scott Zillmer joined Ed in de-littering both sides of the NWB downstream of Colesville Rd. The action greatly improved, at least temporarily, this otherwise beautiful area. The cleanup was a spur-of-the-moment affair, not an official MoCo Parks cleanup, so we used our own equipment. Photo by Ed Murtagh, 1/6/21.

Nov. 14 cleanup, NWB downstream from Kemp Mill Rd. trailhead: a challenging in-stream job well done! Thanks, everyone!

One of several dams created in the NWB by fallen trees catching woody debris, leaves, mud, and trash. We assumed that hidden in that debris would be lots of litter. Plucking it out and poking holes for the water to go through were our goals. Photo by A. Ambler, 11/14/20.

NWB Fall 2020 Cleanups: W. Hyattsville Metro 10/31, upper NWB Trail from Alderton Rd. 11/7

AWS-NNWB workers under the Metro bridge span after the morning's work. Photo by Jonathan Stephanoff. 10/31/20.

Lamberton stream cleanup Sept. 29, 2019 (Photos by Jason Hornick)

Getting ready.

NNWB cleanup on the upper NWB, 5/4/19 : 12 volunteers, 18 bags, 3 tires, car parts, surf board. Fantastic job! Thanks to everyone!

Jennifer came down from Burtonsville to help out!

April 13, 2019 cleanups: Kemp Mill Rd., Lamberton Trib, Burnt Mills, and W. Hyattsville Metro.

Kemp Mill Rd. site: NNWB teamed up with One Montgomery Green. 14 workers collected 12 bags of trash, 5 of recyclables.

Spring cleanup at Burnt Mills, Woodmoor side, April 6, 2019: 28 bags of trash, 4 of recyclables, legacy metals, 6 tires

Most of the group, all smiles, bags in hand, ready to set out. Photo by leader Frank Sprtel..

NW Branch Cleanups from the Archives

Interesting find at Burnt Mills

Pterosaurs evidently went extinct rather recently and can still be found when we do cleanups.

Burnt Mills 2013

Interesting find at Burnt Mills

Board member Suzanne Donohue and Carolyn Hush pull trash from the NWB.