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Can you help clean up
Lake Apopka this Sat.?
Wire traps put in Lake Apopka during the fishing hole's long-ago heyday are still lying at the bottom and still catching - and killing - fish, turtles and alligators.
Mike Brinkley, a local nature photographer and board member of the Oakland Nature Preserve, has organized a major clean-up day to get rid of this and other junk in the lake. The event, sponsored by the Friends of Lake Apopka and ONP, is this Saturday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Volunteers with airboats and other shallow-water boats are needed. Helpers can also assist on the ground, transferring debris from the boats to garbage containers at the Magnolia Park and Winter Garden boat ramps.
The clean-up will begin at Magnolia Park on the lake's eastern shore and focus on the area leading to Winter Garden. To help, send an e-mail to mbrinkley@mikebrinkleyphotography.com or call 407-310-3545.
Refreshments will be provided for the volunteers.
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