On November 11th, NKOA enjoyed a beautiful fall day along the banks of the Androscoggin River cleaning up the Barker Mill Trail in Auburn. The Barker Mill Trail is located off of Mill Street in Auburn and is a trail that is in need of a lot of TLC. Right at the trail head there was an old abandoned mattress and lots of trash and debris. Although we didn't have a way to remove the mattress we quickly go to work picking up trash and bottles along our way. Once we got past the trash we discovered that we had a tremendous challenge on our hands...prickly growth and fallen trees and limbs! Luckily we came prepared with various hand tools which the children showed great maturity in using.
During our two hours at the Barker Mill Trail we got a lot of clean up done. Parents and children raked and cut prickly growth. Ehric's dad came with his chain saw and cut down a lot of the trees that were blocking the trail. We were very proud of the work we got done that day, but there is still so much more to be done on the 2 mile trail. We are hoping to do another group clean up in the late Spring, however, if any of you would like to work on this trail with your families we encourage this! Thank you to all the families who were able to attend that day!
If you would like to locate other trails in the Lewiston-Auburn area please visit L/A Trails website.
Click here to see photos of the Barker Mill Cleanup on 11/11/09.
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