Community Clean Ups: Streets Lead to the River

From River Talk:

The project was to clean organic materials, leaves, grass clippings, etc. out of gutters along one of the streets that leads from campus to the river.  As the Freshwater Society explains in its "Community Clean-Up" Program, five bags of leaves and organic debris can contain as much as a pound of phosphorus, a nutrient that can feed 1,000 pounds of algae.  The algae, besides leading directly to eutrophication of local waterways,  contribute to the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone."

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