Co-leader of the West Hyattsville Metro clean up site, James Graham,
at the NNWB volunteer sign in table.

As soon as the clean up was underway, one of the volunteers found a surprise curled up in a Pepsi can!

Heather Phipps (the other co-leader for the West Hyattsville site) and her daughter Hana
find some trash in an overgrown brush area.

Kimberly Schmidt of the Hyattsville Preservation Association picking up trash
in a very overgrown Northwest Branch stream bank.

Another volunteer tackling a similarly overgrown area.

A tisket, a tasket, a young member of our team collecting trash in her basket!

Two more young members using their muscles to collect trash!

Volunteers found lots of car parts like this tire.

Two interns from Iowa and Pennsylvania joined our clean up and hopefully learned
a thing or two about trash in the NWB stream valley!

Allison Hughes and her son Nalin collecting trash on the pedestrian path to the
West Hyattsville Metro station.

Hana and Mia directing the trash collection along the stream bank.

Heather Phipps trying on some hip waders to fetch trash from the stream banks.

Heather Phipps collecting a plethora of decaying plastic bags.
It sure would be great if Maryland followed DC's lead and passed a Bag Bill!

James Graham and Allison Hughes standing behind the 50 bags of trash and
an array of auto parts that volunteers hauled out of the NWB stream valley.

And our youngest volunteers preparing a mud pie fundraiser for the NNWB!