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Beaver Island spring roadside clean-up (1971)

Also 1971 roadside clean-up · Beaver Island Civic Association spring clean-up

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

On April 17, 1971, the Beaver Island Civic Association sponsored its annual roadside clean-up. Volunteers with trucks and many school children collected cans and debris, taking several truckloads to the dump.

Evidence and limits

The report documents a dated community clean-up and its immediate collection activity. It also says more cans were dumped along roads the following night; the source does not supply a measured cleanup area, disposal record, roster, or evidence of a lasting change in roadside dumping.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Spring Clean-Up.”
    Reports the April 17 annual roadside clean-up, volunteer trucks and many school children, several truckloads of cans and debris taken to the dump, and new roadside dumping the following night; it does not quantify the total area or establish a completed long-term result.