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Adopt-a-Forest - Volunteers
Hiawatha National Forest
Meet Trash E. Bear.
Trash E. was found in 2008 at a dumpsite, abandoned by his former
family and left to rot. Fortunately, he was rescued by Patty and Joe
Carrick, who cleaned him up a bit and gave him a new home.
Since then, he has participated in hunting, traveling and even some
prescribed burning. The fish was caught during a hunting trip
to Alaska.
Read more:
The Place for Your Garbage Isn't In the Forest!
Teddy Bear on Goodwill Mission to Clean Up Area Forests
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The Hiawatha National Forest
volunteers work hard on cleanups every year.
During the May 2009 cleanup it rained and snowed on Saturday and
Sunday was bright but cold. 35 people still showed up to
collect trash over the 2 day period. Bay Mills Boys and Girls
Club provided lunch on Saturday (all you could eat white fish with
all the trimmings). On Sunday, Lumber Jack Tavern provided
pizza (all you can eat home-made pizza). Bay Mills Indian
Reservation provided a back hoe/front end loader and two dump trucks
for the cleanup. Furlong Logging Company of Newberry provided
a log truck with clam. Waste Management Incorporated donated
the dumpster for the garbage.
We're glad to report that it's getting harder to find trash.
This is the first time we did not stuff the metal dumpster full
(during the 2nd annual collection, we filled 7 metal dumpsters and
an equal amount of garbage). Appliances are getting harder to
find also [likely due to metal scrapers]. The log truck is a
nice piece of equipment to have available.
Trash E. Bear participated again in 2009 and is seated with Norm
and Jill Souliere of Lumber Jacks Tavern (former Prestigious White
Hat Award winner). Nice t-shirt Norm!
Congrats to Sandy Hutchinson, the "Prestigious White Hat Award"
winner in 2009. She has been participating since the early
years of the collection. The Award was presented by Rudy
Johnson, volunteer coordinator, and Furlong Logging.
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