Ingenious Trash Trap to safeguard Adkin Branch's natural beauty
For those who missed it, the Trash Trap being proposed for the Adkin Branch is very promising.
Samantha Krop, Sound River’s Riverkeeper for the Neuse River Basin, shared exciting information about a new device to keep clean the Adkin Branch yesterday, Wednesday, May 10, at Holloway Recreation Center. The Adkin Branch is an important tributary of the Neuse River.
front row (l-f) - Ella Moore-Clarke (Lincoln City Rising leadership team member), Samantha Krop (Neuse Riverkeeper, Sound Rivers), LaVerne McAllister (former Lincoln City resident) back row (l-f) - Faith Ward, Lee Albritton (Lincoln City Rising project leader), Ron Albertson (Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation), Barbara Sutton (Kinston/Lenoir County NAACP), Elizabeth Loftin (Holloway Recreation Center), and Jacquelyn Braxton (former Lincoln City resident)
The device, called a “trash trap,” floats on the surface of a body of water like a creek or river and funnels trash floating on the water’s surface into one convenient place where we residents can easily remove it. According to Ms. Krop, NC communities with trash traps removed 8,000 pieces of trash from their local waterways last year.
In addition to beautifying this important stream, the trash trap has the potential to benefit local youth. Lincoln City Rising, a new community-based economic development project focused on the large, vacant flood buyout zone in southeast Kinston, plans to engage local youth in making a difference in our community and connecting them to nature. The trash trap offers young people an opportunity to make a difference in their neighborhoods and, along with other outdoor activities like water testing, aims to spark their interest in becoming stewards of our local environment. The positive impact of a cleaner creek could be a good first step in reducing litter throughout town, encourage more responsible civic behavior by our younger residents, and inspire them to consider environmental and natural resource-based careers.
The locally based Mother Earth Foundation funded the costs of the trash trap. The Mother Earth Brewery Half Marathon and 5K held every October at historic Grainger Stadium raises money for the Foundation. Sound Rivers is a partner of Lincoln City Rising.
On a related matter, a ribbon-cutting event is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, at 9:00 am, at Holloway Recreation Center to celebrate the re-opening of the Center’s recently renovated public pool. Holloway Pool was home to the historic Holloway Sharks Swim Team.
For information about the trash trap or the Lincoln City Rising project, please call Adriane at (252)933-1280 or Lee at (252)560-2509.