LoCo ‘Yaks (Lorain County Kayak & Paddlesports Group)
is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a focus on
Lake Erie and the Black River watershed in northern Ohio.
Please help us continue our work.
Without YOU, there’d still be 99.6 tons of debris in & along the Black River.
Without YOU, countless people would not know that storm drains lead directly to our lakes & rivers.
Without YOU, adaptive paddling access & programming would not be available in Lorain County in 2019…
organizers of the
Annual Black River Clean-Up
99.4 Tons of marine debris have been
recycled, re-purposed, or relocated in 6 years
in 2018, 296 volunteers collected:
8,800 lbs. TRASH + 438 TIRES + 2,610 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 12.69 TONS
in 2017, 320 volunteers collected:
20,500 lbs. TRASH + 254 TIRES + 1,360 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 14.39 TONS
in 2016, 385 volunteers collected:
20,330 lbs. TRASH + 115 TIRES + 3,485 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 18.38 TONS
in 2015, 422 volunteers collected:
13.75 tons TRASH + 546 TIRES + 1,090 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 25.42 TONS
in 2014, 280 volunteers collected:
19.29 tons TRASH + 125 TIRES + 660 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 22 TONS
in 2013, 255 volunteers collected:
3.87 tons TRASH + 105 TIRES + 1,800 lbs. SCRAP METAL = 6.5 TONS
