btrodrigues Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) On March, 17, the portuguese geocacher community had its 2nd ever CITO event, on the Arrábida park, near the Cave of Santa Margarida cache. The place is private property but it's been open to the public for years now, which has caused it to be vandalized and filled with all sorts of garbage: cans, bottles, old clothes, matresses... Most of us spent the whole morning searching for the infamous Six Feet Under geocache. The lunch didn't go as planned because we had to deal with some car problems, so there were a couple of unwanted clouds over us we're simply not used to. The cleaning up began about 4PM and we rocked, we simply turned the place over and did a hell of a cleaning job. A brief look on how it looked like before. It sure could use some cleaning. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. The outside, facing the ocean, also needed some care. This is the result of our hard work! The cleaning team: left side: clcortez, lynx pardinus, vera portelada, rifkinda, rifkind, vanessa, catarina_as_ferreira, btrodrigues right side: mantunes, pmateus21, pcardoso, david portelada (diving), sara and joaopedrogeraldo Feel free to drop by the event page for some logs (most of them are in portuguese, sorry) and photos. We've taken about 400 pictures all day long and if we could, we'd post them all. Edited May 13, 2005 by btrodrigues Quote
johnny.cache Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 (edited) Moncton, New Brunswick. Geocachers from Southeastern New Brunswick tackle The Wall of Trash, an old garbage dump located within a popular city park. Edited May 20, 2005 by johnny.cache Quote
+FlyinV Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 The South Jersey Geocachers had the SJG CITO that was put together by us (Flyin V) on 16 April 2005. This was held in the Wharton State Forest (an 110,000 acre tract of land) in conjuction with the Rangers. The SJG CITO event yielded two full dumptruck loads of trash, and any more piles which were gathered and later removed by specialized removal crews after the event! Over 35 cachers attended the CITO and after working for over 3 hours, we all then met-up for lunch at the usual post-caching joint: The Pic-A-Lilli. Well done!! Most of the gang before we set out for the cleanup! A full CITO bag is a happy CITO bag! 1/2 of Flyin V helps to fill up the dump truck Dumptruck used to haul out the trash tneigel walks the lonely road back carrying his 'booty' We all gather for lunch after a hard day of work! Quote
Exx Posted May 24, 2005 Posted May 24, 2005 The best image is the BEE and Flower by conoe godess in her log at the Withrow Springs State park clean up. I think that's a Hummingbird Clearwing moth and not a bee at all! Great photo! Quote
+leppard Posted June 8, 2005 Posted June 8, 2005 I'd just like to say that this is one of the greatest things I have ever seen happening. You all really need to take a bow. The pictures, the comraderie, the work...I literally was brought to tears by this. YOU ARE THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE AND I AM PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. Quote
+1NatureMom Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 (GCQZ72) WATERTOWN TRAIL REBLAZE Saturday, November 5th, Watertown, CT Reclaiming the trail on Land Trust Property! This trail was soo under-used, and un-inviting. BBLHED obtained permission from the Land Trust to place a cache, saw the need for an inviting trail, the Land Trust agreed with enthusiam, and his CITO event was born! For once, a happy tale of: Land Trust + Geocachers = MULCHING-MOWING-WIDE'g THE TRAIL! MARKING THE WAY! CLEARING THE BIG STUFF! NOW THIS IS BUSHWACKING! GET THEM PRICKERS OUTTA HERE! most-of-the-GROUP SHOT WITH OUR NEW HATS FROM THE LAND TRUST! notice the new information sign & stairs! Quote
+MissJenn Posted November 11, 2005 Author Posted November 11, 2005 a happy tale of: Land Trust + Geocachers = What an awesome story! Kudos to all of the organizers and Sweat Equity Donors! MARKING THE WAY! I'm so jealous: I've always wanted to blaze a trail in this way. Quote
+oki098 Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Okinawa Geocaching Association The Yaeshima Koen CITO Event was a hugh success! We took out a total of 20 trash bags (30 gal.) and a few other items that wouldn't fit in the bags. It's really nice to show the local community that we can make a difference for future generations. Quote
+PassingWind Posted November 15, 2005 Posted November 15, 2005 Black Canyon CITO Event some pretty cool picture there. PassingWind Quote
+PassingWind Posted November 15, 2005 Posted November 15, 2005 Black Canyon CITO Event some pretty cool picture there. PassingWind Quote
+MissJenn Posted November 15, 2005 Author Posted November 15, 2005 Black Canyon CITO Event some pretty cool picture there. e.g. removing graffiti! Quote
magellan315 Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) SEPAG was back for round two at Cobbs Creek Park in Philadelphia, PA. We've been clearing out an overgrown embankment that looks into the park. To date we've removed two and half tons of vegetation and trash and cleared an area 45'x400'. Some of us even got a chance to use our machettes. This time we cleared an area 45' x 200': Fifty, 50pd bags of trash - 2500pds 1000 pounds of concrete scrap 1000 pounds of brush Some of the more interesting finds included an SUV, a womans purse with ID, a toilet, tires, car parts & tires, and quite a few pairs of Timberland boots. Yes, its a toilet. We found this SUV a few hundred feet along the main trail One of the many Timberland boots we found. Edited November 17, 2005 by magellan315 Quote
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