The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan

Last Saturday the Ausable River Association (AsRA), in partnership with the Kayak Shack of Plattsburgh, hosted a Paddling River Clean-Up Saturday in Peru. AsRA worked with the Kayak Shack at their Baggs’ Landing location to remove trash in and along the banks of the Ausable River from Carpenter’s Flats to the mouth at Lake Champlain.

AsRA’s River Steward Nicole Pionteck commented, “The clean-up was a great success! We had 25 volunteers and pulled over 150 tires, 13 40-gallon trash bags, and scrap metal (including a huge cement mixer) out of the river.”

The Peru Gazette praises the volunteers and condemns the people who dump these materials in our beloved and vital river. Nicole Pionteck and Peru Gazette Contributor Joanne Kennedy photographed Saturday’s clean-up. Joanne Kennedy’s copyright is in the lower right of her photos.