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Lake Medina Conservation Society
Texas Rivers Protection Association Bandera County Commissioners Court City of Bandera Bandera Business Association Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District Chuck Andres, MD Janet Andres Johnny Boyle, Jr. Henry I. Bussey, III, DPT Physical Rehabilitation Institute Steve Kalter, MD Ben Nolen Jerry Pierce Judy Pierce Michelle Reichle Rolf Reichle Larry Stone, MD Sylvia Terry Michael Van Winkle, PhD Kathleen Casper David Lackey |
Texas Drought Did Not Curtail River Cleanup
In the midst of the worst recorded drought in Texas history, more than 200 participants removed more than four tons of metal and other trash from the Medina River on May 7, 2011, in the Eleventh Annual Medina River Cleanup.
They came from 33 towns throughout Texas to Bandera to remove trash from 50 miles of the Medina River.
They removed three dumpsters of man-made debris from the river. Dave Cox of Pipe Creek reported recycling about 4 tons of metal from the cleanup.
Peter and Marianne Bonenberger of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation recycled 38 lbs. of aluminum cans.
The participants ranged in age from 4 to 83 years, almost two-thirds of them over the age of 40.
The turnout was lower than the previous year, but still the second highest since the cleanup began more than a decade ago, according to Bob Brischetto, cleanup coordinator. On cleanup day the river was running at 7 cubic feet per second, compared to last year when it was 359 cfs. The median flow rate is 70 cfs in early May for the past 29 years.
More than half (54%) of the participants in 2011 were from Bandera County. The community-wide effort was evident from the variety of ways in which locals contributed to the cleanup, bringing their tractors, pickups and “mules” to pull out tons of trash from the river bed and banks.
The Twelfth Annual Medina River Cleanup is slated for May 5, 2012, rain or no rain. For more details, click here. Download a flier here to give to your friends.
Look for photos of the 2011 cleanup on our Pictures page.
If you would like to support this effort with a tax deductible donation, please make your check payable to "Medina River Protection Fund" and mail to:
The Medina River Protection Fund
P.O. Box 417
Lakehills, Texas 78063
Thank you for your participation and your donation. With your help, we can ensure a future for the Medina River amid the growth and development that is taking place in Bandera County.
Find out how the Medina River is flowing at the dam in Bandera: USGS Real-Time Water Data for Medina River Website: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/
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