Appreciating, protecting and improving urban nature sites.
March 20, 2009 - Newark Bay Waterfront Walkway located behind the A&P Grocery Store which is located near Avenue A and North Street.We were there today and picked up 21 bags of litter. Most of it consisting of bottles, styrofoam, cans and plastic bags. We met with the property manager who complained that people are doing illegal dumping in this area. We spoke to Gary C. of who said a truck would be out to pick up the trash we collected.
April 17, 2009 - 16th Street Park, near the Boat Launch
We had eight people and were able to fill an entire truck with 28 bags of plastic bottles, 2 old tires and some old crates. Thanks to the Passaic River/Newark Bay Restoration Program of the PVSC who took away the garbage! www.pvsc.com
Above: Mary beats back the trash. Left: Don, Pat, Mike and Ed smile with exhaustion and success.
Below: Don, Lana and Mike, cold but not defeated.
July 30, 2009
At right: Mike and Don clean up the Hackensack shore behind the A&P Grocery Store. We gathered 10 bags of garbage, along with a shopping cart and some plastic lids. City of Bayonne picked up the trash. Ri
November 7, 2009: The Bayonne Nature Club and the Friends of Liberty State Park, along with Liberty State Park staff worked together to remove invasive weeds near the Nature Interpretive Center.
September 30, 2009- the Bayonne Nature Club cleaned the shore of Collins Park on 1st Street (near Humphrey Street at water’s edge). We were able to remove 10 bags of garbage from the shoreline. Bayonne Public Works were called to pick-up the bags.
Bayonne Nature Club co-sponsored an Invasive Plant Removal at Liberty State Park
on October 30, 2010 volunteers met at the LSP Interpretive Center and removed weeds from the berm of the pond.
On April 7, 2010, the shoreline behind Bayonne High School needed a clean up. Who could believe so much garbage could wash up on the shore?
Photo to left is the before picture, photo below it is after the clean-up. Below are the bags of litter and tires.
Vern and Ed clear the weeds.
Ed and Pat clear vines from the trees.
August 11, 2011 Shoreline Clean-up below Newark Bay Waterfront Walkway. Pictured at Right: Mike and Shawn display 13 bags and electronics removed from the shoreline behind the A & P Grocery store.
Below is a history of what we've done to clean-up the shores of Bayonne, NJ:
January 28, 2012
Shoreline Clean-up at 16th Street Park.
Pictured at Right: Shawn, Kent, Mike--and Pat (who took the picture) worked from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., picking up 25 bags of trash, 4 pallets and numerous large pieces of junk, including a car fender, milk crates, a shopping cart and plastic sewer papers.
August 11, 2011 Here is the view behind the old "A&P" after the clean up.
Below: a sample of the litter that covered the shore behind the old "A&P".
