Merrimack River Cleanup Initiative

Thank you to everyone who came together to clean our Merrimack River and beautify our shared green spaces this past Sunday, and to our Waste & Recycling crew at the DPW for hauling out everything we collected!
This year we removed two heaping truckloads of trash and debris from our shoreline and the Merrimack River Park/Hannah Dustin Rest Area on River Street - including over 60 trash bags and large items like several tires, a TV, a dishwasher, a decoy duck, a futon, a desk chair, blankets, and so much more. We had a feeling this would be a rewarding cleanup... but we didn't know we would be removing this much trash from this location!
Keeping our environment clean is a community effort, and we're so happy so many people turned out for our 2nd Annual Shoreline Cleanup.

If you missed the fun this year, we plan to have our 3rd annual cleanup next fall! Stay tuned and join our monthly newsletter to stay in the know.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to really make a difference in the Merrimack River and the Bradford Rail Trail!

More than 40 bags of litter and a dozen large items were collected from the shoreline, river channel, the Bradford Rail Trail, the woodland along the river, under the bridge, and in the foundations along the trail. The cleanup was a huge success thanks to nearly two dozen volunteers who came ready to clean up our environment. The Haverhill Community can't thank you enough!

Thank you to the Crescent Yacht Club for helping to coordinate this event with Haverhill boaters and celebrating the great work with a cookout afterward. We can't wait for next year's cleanup with the CYC!

Save the date for our next Shoreline Cleanup this fall on September 26th October 11th at the Merrimack River Park on River St!