Adopting a trash site is optional. You are welcome to clean trash anywhere. These sites are suggestions.

Click the links in the pins on the map or in the site description next to the map to get more detail about each location. To adopt one of these trash sites, make note of the entry ID and list it in the ‘Cleanup Site’ section of your Source to Sea Cleanup group leader registration.

NOTE: sites are hidden from this map once they are adopted.

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Site Name

CT River off St. Kolbe Drive

Entry Id

1309

City

Holyoke

State

Massachusetts

Name of body of water (river, stream, lake, etc.)

Connecticut River

Name of the nearest road or crossroads

St Kolbe Avenue

Brief description of the trash site

The riverbank along the access road to the Holyoke dam powerhouse has a variety of informal putin locations and places where people fish and dump trash. It is accessible from the shore, but some of the trash is in the river and requires working in the water. The location is a short walk from the parking lot at the American Legion Post on St Kolbe Avenue in Holyoke. This spot has been used by the Log Pond Cove water chestnut volunteers / staff to put in their canoes.

Type(s) of trash at the site

Fire extinguisher, buried tire, litter along the shore, construction pylon

Estimated number of volunteers this site needs for cleanup

4

Are boats or special equipment needed for cleanup? If so, explain

Shovels and picks to dig out submerged tires and debris

Is this site suitable for children under 12?

Yes, ok for children

To adopt a trash site, make note of the entry ID and list it in the 'Cleanup Site' section of your Source to Sea Cleanup group leader registration.