WOR: 2019 CCC Tuckasegee Cleanup

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The club's annual Tuckaseegee Cleanup is scheduled for Monday, July 1, from 8 a.m to noon on Fontana Lake just outside of Bryson City.

Last year, Carolina Canoe Club members picked up 150 bags of trash into addition to tires and other debris. Can we collect more trash this year?

Bring your boat, paddling gear, snacks and water.  The club, Swain Clean and other local sponsors will provide bags, gloves, trash grabbers and more water. Roger Clapp with Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River is bringing a raft.

We'll bypass the morning meeting: Pack up Sunday night and be ready to go first thing Monday. It gets hot on the lake so we're trying to get you on the water early and avoid the afternoon sun.

Print out a map and directions at this URL: https://tinyurl.com/tuckclean

Or plug these coordinates into your GPS device: 35.42844, -83.48532

Here are the directions from Smoky Mountain Meadows:

* Leave campground; cross US 74 and turn right on US 19 at Exxon station.* Turn left at Walgreens in Bryson City; cross bridge* Turn left at Yellow Rose Real Estate onto Bryson Walk (1321)* Follow road along Tuckasegee. Stay left where roads branch right.

Questions? Call me at 919-812-8528 or email me at rjbrueckner@gmail.com

Bob Brueckner

CCC Conservation Chair