River cleanup persists despite cloudy skies

Gray skies and the threat of stormy weather may have contributed to a low turnout at this year's Third Annual Suwannee River Cleanup Saturday, but participants, working out of canoes, kayaks and boats, were still able to fill the bottom of a 2-cubic-yard dumpster with trash pulled from the river's muddy banks.
About 35 people showed up, less than half of the 85 who participated last year.
“It's really worthwhile," said second-year participant and Cedar Key resident Janet Blackwell about the event, organized each year by Pure Water Wilderness "It's a shame there weren't as many people this year. If you have a lot of people, you have an impact."
Blackwell, accompanied by her niece, Rosalie, picked up trash from Suwannee Gables Motel to Hinton Landing—one of three stretches cleaned along 12 miles of the river.

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