The Tennessee lakes are all so beautiful, but in the early Spring many need help to get their Mojo back!
The winter snow in the mountains and the early flood waters that are dispersed into the Lakes from the tributaty lakes cause some debris and sometimes odd objects to collect along the shoreline, so what can we do?
With the help of residents in many communities each year, thousands of pieces and many hundreds of pounds of trash are removed from the lake and surrounding shorelines preventing pollution of the lake from washed up items but much more help is needed every year.
“The Lake Team” at Lakefront Living, On The Lake Realty believe it is so very important to participate in this shoreline clean up each year. “It is amazing to see how much “Trash” is pulled from the banks after the winter season” Said Karen millikan of Lakefront Living Realty. “It is a real wonder our Lakes are as clean as they are”.
Items that have blown or floated off of docks and peoples backyards include: gas cans, plastic bottles, fishing poles and gear, life jackets, flower pots, lawn chairs and just about anything you would expect to see on someones dock or backyard in the summer months. Sometimes even Bones are found like this one found by Kody Millikan of Lakefront Living Realty!
Folks just don’t anticipate the water levels ever getting high enough to wash away these items left on the dock at seasons end because they are very used to the summer lake level and believe the winter level will be much lower.
Many of Tennessee’s Lakes have volunteer Clean up dates so check here for an Earth Day clean up schedule.
But make sure to do it soon! Our Tennessee Lakes do fluctuate in water levels so we have to get to the trash before the waters rise and drag the debris into the lake, lost forever!
Posted by Karen Millikan, Lakefront Living, On The Lake Realty, Vonore Tennessee