Thank You Earth Day Clean-up Crews!

Another year and another Duane Lake Association Earth Day Clean-Up in the history books, powered by our amazing lake friends and neighbors!  Mother Nature was really good to us this year!  No rain, perfect temperatures, the black flies...well, let's not talk about them?!  

DLA Earth Day Clean-Up 2026 was a great success. The community turn-out is always impressive and did not disappoint this year.  

This year we had two crews, a roadside clean-up team which always generates remarkable amounts of trash and the dam crew (that makes me chuckle) at the culvert, dislodging all the branches and muck that fills the in and out-flow canals.

We got lots of great photos, so many that they are loaded into an album dedicated to the event which can be found here.

Last but not least, we have to say Thank You!  Thank you to the clean-up volunteers who gave up many hours of their time whether planning, prepping, working, or cleaning up from the event. 

A special thank you to Dave Elliott for collecting all the bags of trash and random debris left along the roadside by our clean-up crews for disposal.  Some of our roadside clean-up volunteers even moved over to the dam crew putting in extra muscle and time. 

Cookies helped keep us super charged and ready to work, so thank you Pat Huff for sweetening us up so early on a beautiful Saturday morning!

Earth Day isn't just and annual event that stops after the day passes.  Earth Day can be celebrated every day and starts with you.  Take action at home with simple lifestyle changes that can have a significant impact. Consider reducing energy use, conserving water, minimizing single-use plastics, composting, and recycling.  You can also create a home garden, plant native flowers or shrubs, and make birdhouses from recycled materials.  See the Duane Lake Owners Guide, page 6 for more information.

Once again, from all of us at the DLA, Thank You!