Over 70 members of Massachusetts Community Water Watch and Green Futures volunteers joined forces on November 19, 2005, to clean up areas of the historic Quequechan River between the Wampanoag Mills and Route 195. The site is part of the future path of proposed bicycle path and greenspace that will eventually run along the river from its origin in the South Watuppa Pond. Bids for construction of the first portion of the planned bicycle path have recently been announced. This cleanup is the third in a series of events this year intended to highlight waterways in the Fall River area which require attention. Green Futures works to improve the health and beauty of the city by creating recreation and bike paths that encourage community use of these areas, establishing green belts throughout the area, and restoring the falls of the Quequechan River. Click here to read the Herald News article about the event.
 

(Top row, left) John Goulet and Mike Davies, in their waders and wet suit, push an old electrical spool out of the river while BCC student and Water Watch member Eddie Lopes (center and right) pulls on a rope to drag it the rest of the way out. (Bottom row) BCC student and Water Watch member Kelleigh Eastman rakes in a collection of discarded bottles and cans floating on the river's surface while Green Futures Member Jim Soule helps to haul a large piece of metal from a homeless encampment underneath the Route 195 highway overpass. (Bottom right) Tom Athnear chats with Everett Castro of Green Futures as they take a well-deserved break near the Route 195 overpass on Quequechan Street.