On October 30th, 2017, the River Dawgz were granted with another day to work on their EACAP project. We decided to meet in the Franco building to work on our research report titled “The Epidemic: Waste in Our National Parks.” After piecing together our report and cleaning up some other housekeeping duties such as updating our EACAP progress log, we went to the trail to detail and write the directions of our route down. To get from Glenside Elementary to the Stone Cliffe Action Park Area, students, teachers, and community members will continue south bound on Schuylkill Avenue for a quarter of a mile. Following this, they will take a right onto Colombia Street for a tenth of a mile before taking a left on Butler Street. Once on Butler Street, you will walk and/or drive for another quarter mile until you reach the Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area. On the trail, we noticed that there was a trash can for every 100 feet or so, but there were not any recycling bins or cans. We would like to suggest to Mr. Robert Folwell, the Schuylkill River Trail Project Manager, to look into recycling bins on the trail to prevent the water bottle and waste within the Schuylkill River epidemic.
Great job picking up litter, and making the environment a better place!