In
conjunction with The Great Pennsylvania Cleanup, Saturday, April
24, 2004, a group of 35 volunteers spread out over the Sobers
Run site and worked to clear the area of bottles, cans, daily
trash, vehicle parts, glass, buckets, tires, and other debris.
The team loaded
the bagged and gathered trash and a park truck shuttled it to
the equestrian parking area, where volunteers loaded it into
a rolloff. The group then carpooled to the Boulton Heritage
Visitor Center, where they bagged and loaded the trash, gathered
earlier in the week from the Jacobsburg Trail, into a second
rolloff.
Volunteers worked
for a total of 135 hours to remove over 4 tons of trash, 20
tires and 1500 pounds of scrap metal. Chrin Sanitary Landfill
donated the rolloffs and the disposal costs.
After the cleanup,
everyone enjoyed lunch on the grounds of the Visitor Center.
DCNR encourages
Northampton County residents with questions about recycling
or proper disposal to contact their county Recycling Coordinator
at (610) 759-2600.
Jacobsburg E.E. Center Cleanup Team
Boy Scout Troop 78
Jacobsburg E.E. Center Personnel
Northampton County Juvenile Justice
Center
PA CleanWays, Inc.
Twanka Riding Club
Valley Mountain Bikers
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On
the northern edge of the Lehigh Valley, the rolling terrain
of Jacobsburg
Environmental Education Center is near the foothills of
the Pocono Plateau. A variety of habitats range from fields
in various stages of successional growth to mature hardwood
forests dominated by oak trees. About 2.5 miles of the beautiful
Bushkill Creek and its tributary Sobers Run flow through the
center.
Jacobsburg
was dedicated as an environmental education center in October
1985. The center has a variety of quality educational programs
available to students as well as teachers. In addition to
providing an excellent outdoor laboratory for environmental
education and interpretation, the Center's natural resources
give visitors a natural open space for year-round outdoor
exercise and recreation such as hiking, bicycling, horseback
riding, picnicking, and cross-country skiing.
Learn
about other
illegal dump sites in state forests and parks.
This page last updated August 26, 2004.
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