Bayfield River Cleanup Results
of plastics and debris hauled out of the Bayfield River in the last 3 months by hand and by paddle. We intercept debris upstream, before it fragments into microplastics or leaches chemicals into our lakes. Help keep our waters clean:
23.3 kg of debris kept out of the Great Lakes
Everything we collect on shore or on the water helps reduce downstream pollution in our Great Lakes. Debris is landfill, tires and metal, weighed in kilograms.
Tires, bikes & shopping carts, pulled from the water
The heaviest, most stubborn debris in our waterways — tap any icon to see that cleanup.
49 recyclables diverted to the blue bin
Cans and bottles removed from our watershed, counted as items rather than weighed, and diverted to the blue bin program.
Every dot = 2 items · one column per week
8.7 hours on the water
We cleaned 1 unique site along the Bayfield River since August 17, 2026.
Who we met along the way
We're not just removing debris — we're protecting habitat.
Where we spotted them