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River or Event: | Dse Plaines River Cleanup |
Location: | Lake County |
Start Date: | September 2, 2019 |
End Date: | September 2, 2019 |
Trip Leader's Name: | Paul Klonowski |
Trip Co-leader: | Helen Gretz |
Trip Level: | Intermediate |
Weather: | Partly cloudy, warm |
Water Level: | low |
Cubic Feet per Second: | 160 |
Gauge Name: | 6.8 |
Time on Water: | 4 hrs |
Trip Distance (miles): | 4.5 |
Number of Watercraft: | 4 |
Number of People: | 4 |
Put in Location: | Rte 60 Canoe Launch, Vernon Hills, L |
Take out Location: | Londondery Road entrance, Rivershire Park, Lincolnshire, IL |
Round trip carshift time (min): | 20 minutes |
Contacts: | n/a |
Report: | Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Green Herons, Kingfishers, Cedar Waxwings. No log jams on this section. About 50lbs of trash removed, including one coconut, some steel frame pieces of an unidentifiable piece of furniture, and a 20-foot piece of drain tile. It was a good day on the river! |
Report Author: | Paul Klonowski |
Report creation date: | 2019-09-02 21:25:57 |