The iconic film The Dirty Dozen debuted in 1967. The movie depicts a group of WWII soldiers –“twelve general prisoners, convicted by courts-martial and sentenced to serve lengthy prison terms,” i.e., Army criminals — chosen to parachute across enemy lines and assassinate high-ranking personnel under Hitler’s command.

The group of us from the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association that attended the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources DCNR’s cleanup of the floodplains along the Susquehanna Riverlands State Park yesterday were not so storied but simply hoping to do our part to eliminate some of the ridiculous pieces of trash, plastics, and other detritus that have burrowed into the soft earth here at the river’s edge.

Plastic drums . . .

Pallets . . .

Tires . . .

Pontoons . . .

A freezer . . .

and other trash that doesn’t belong in the river was part of the day’s catch. How this all got here was anyone’s guess.

Ted Evgeniadis, the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper taking a little break in the hot tub.

Let’s keep this river beautiful!

Thanks to John Naylor, former LSRA Board member and Susquehanna_Plastic_Pickin_1000 for organizing us all.

Let’s keep this work going. Consider becoming a member of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper today. And as always, thanks for dropping by.

pam lazos 2.23.25

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Pam Lazos

Pam Lazos is an environmental lawyer and the author of the enviro thriller, "Oil and Water," about oil spills and green technology; of a collection of novellas, "Six Sisters," about family, dysfunction, and the ties that bind us; creator of the literary and eco blog www.greenlifebluewater.earth; a blogger for the Global Water Alliance (GWA) in Philadelphia; on the Editorial Board for the wH2O Journal, recently rebranded as the International Journal of Water Equity and Justice (University of Pennsylvania); an editor and ghostwriter for the newly published book, "Finally Home" by Deacon Mike Oles; author of a children's book, "Into the Land of the Loud"; and former Senior Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she protected water and wetlands for over 33 years. Pam continues this work through her writing. She practices laughter daily.