On
Saturday, June 28th, 17 volunteers tackled three old farmstead
dumpsites in Nescopeck State Park. The sites, located in Luzerne
County, consisted mainly of old bottles and cans and other
household trash. The goal to clean all three sites in one
day was met in five hours by the group of volunteers, including
members of Boy Scout Troop #347 of Bethlehem, PA.
Nescopeck State Park Cleanup Team
Boy Scout Troop #347
Local Volunteers
Nescopeck State Park Employees
PA CleanWays, Inc.
Waste Reduction and Recycling
Youth Services
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Accessing the
debris required some hiking on the part of the volunteers.
Trash bags were filled and loaded onto a convoy of wheel barrels
for transport out to the trash containers, with a total of
three tons of waste removed. Waste Reduction and Recycling
of Wilkes-Barre hauled the waste to Keystone Sanitary Landfill
of Dunmore.
Nescopeck
offers 19 miles of hiking trails and Lake Frances offers a
secluded, nine-acre fishing retreat within the park. Future
park development will include an environmental education center
and full time staff to provide programs for the school community
and the general public. The
Northeast Regional Office of DEP and the Luzerne County Solid
Waste Management Department consulted on the projects.
DCNR
encourages Luzerne County residents with questions on proper
disposal and recycling to contact their recycling coordinator
at (570) 820-6300.
Nestled
in a northeastern valley between two prominent mountains,
Nescopeck
State Park encompasses 3,550 acres in Butler and Dennison
township in Luzerne County.
Bordered
on the south by Mount Yeager and on the north by Nescopeck
Mountain, a single country road traverses the park. A nine-acre
lake, Lake Frances, has cold-water and warm-water fish. Habitats
like more than 200 acres of high quality wetlands and six
miles of the pristine Nescopeck Creek are home to over 160
species of birds, 30 species of amphibians and reptiles and
over 600 species of plants. The park also offers recreational
opportunities for fisherman, hunters, and skiers.
Learn
about other
illegal dump sites in state forests and parks.
This page last updated July 31, 2003.
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