On Earth Day weekend, Granby Land Trust members of all ages helped reduce pollution, improve habitats and prevent harm to wildlife and humans by removing more than 1,500 pounds of trash from Granby roadsides.
GLT is so grateful to all who helped, to Paine’s Inc. for providing a large dumpster for the disposal of all the garbage, and to participating groups from First Congregational Church, South Congregational Church, Cub Scouts Pack 325 and the Granby Lions Club.
Teams of volunteers cleaned all or part of the following streets: Granville Road, Loomis Street, Silver Street, Mountain Road, Donahue Road, Lost Acres Road, West Granby Road, Broad Hill Road, Simsbury Road, Strong Road, Beman Road, Morningside Drive, Barkhamsted Road, Long Lott Road, Hartland Road, Higley Road, Silkey Road, Case Street, Fielding Woods, Barndoor Hills Road, Kelly Lane, Kearns Drive, Creamery Hill Road, North Granby Road, Day Street, Crest Road, Elizabeth Street, Woodcliff Drive, Canton Road, Whitman Drive, Emerson Lane, Spring Glen Drive, Twilight Drive, Harmony Hill, Hummingbird Lane, Old Stagecoach Road, Hungary Road and Canal Road.
Teams also cleaned up the roadsides along the Land Trust’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, Mary Edwards Mountain Property, Seth and Lucy Holcombe Preserve and Katan-Ensor Preserve, as well as along the McLean Game Refuge and Enders State Forest.
The feedback the GLT received on this event, from people who spent their free time picking up other people’s trash, was incredibly positive. The organization plans to grow this event into an even bigger town-wide cleanup next year, so mark your calendars for Saturday, April 22: Earth Day 2023. GLT hopes you’ll donate a few hours of your time to reduce pollution and beautify our town.
To learn more about the Granby Land Trust and/or become a member and support its mission to preserve Granby’s natural heritage, visit GranbyLandTrust.org
