Doubling Gap Pilot Site on SR 233 Tuscarora State Forest
Volunteers from Cumberland and Perry counties removed trash and pollutants from this pilot site March 25, 2000. Six gallons of used motor oil, which posed a threat, were among the trash and tires hauled up a steep embankment by volunteers in Tuscarora State Forest. Now, this oil won't pollute the waters of Doubling Gap Creek, a tributary to Conodoguinet Creek.
About
25 people spent from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. bagging small items,
threading tires on a winch cable and winching them up the slope.
Undaunted when the shear pin on the winch broke, they formed
a human chain to remove the bags of trash and larger items from
the hillside.
When Robert Lynn and Todd Willhide of Newville joined Connie Kling of Loysville in saying they'd like to clean up and monitor this site, Doubling Gap became a priority for cleanup in the state's Forest Lands Beautification Program.
Well over a hundred tires and three tons of household trash were removed from the crest of the mountain on both sides of Highway 233 above Colonel Denning State Park. Volunteers from the Upper Frankford Fire Department supplied a truck to winch the tires from the steeper slope.
Since the cleanup, one tire and one bag of trash have been dumped and removed by local volunteers to avoid attracting additional trash. Volunteers are looking for evidence of dumpers in any trash found.
The PA Department of Transportation (PennDOT) placed berm dirt at the road pull-off to deter future dumping, and trees were planted to beautify the site.
Situated in Lower Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Doubling Gap is one of ten pilot sites cleaned during 2000 and one of two cleaned in the Tuscarora State Forest. The other site was the Tuscarora Wild Area.
About
25 people spent from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. bagging small items,
threading tires on a winch cable and winching them up the slope.
Undaunted when the shear pin on the winch broke, they formed
a human chain to remove the bags of trash and larger items from
the hillside.
Well over a hundred tires and three tons of household trash were removed from the crest of the mountain on both sides of Highway 233 above Colonel Denning State Park. Volunteers from the Upper Frankford Fire Department supplied a truck to winch the tires from the steeper slope.
Since the cleanup, one tire and one bag of trash have been dumped and removed by local volunteers to avoid attracting additional trash. Volunteers are looking for evidence of dumpers in any trash found.
