Kittatinny Canoes Holds Ninth Annual River Cleanup

The "Kittatinny Canoe Volunteer Navy," a group of 614 river-cleaning volunteers, gathered in July at Dingmans Ferry, Pa., to clean up the Delaware River. This was the ninth year of the four-day On and Under the Delaware River Cleanup, sponsored by outfitter/retailer Kittatinny Canoes. More than 20 tons of trash were collected over the 70-mile stretch from Ten Mile River access in New York to the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey--including 534 tires, 798 pounds of aluminum cans and five tons of scrap metal. Total tonnage increased from last year's cleanup, partly because of the recovery of a 1962 pickup truck (Kittatinny's mechanic paddled out with an acetylene torch to dismantle it). The cleanup has removed more than 150 tons of trash over the past nine years. Volunteers were provided with canoes, transportation, campsites, breakfast and a barbecue dinner all four days of the event. For information on next year's war on trash, contact Kittatinny Canoes at (717) 828-2338.