..We are going to improve a section of McCoy's Creek that
continues to gather surface trash and has several areas with an
invasive plant overgrowth that blocks the surface waters from
their natural ability to flow in and out with the tide...
..Ground zero for this effort is in front of Cash Building
Materials Company on McCoy's Creek Blvd. We want to
Materials Company on McCoy's Creek Blvd. We want to
improve McCoy's so we can paddle directly to
Jeffery Edelson's McCoy's Creek Art Center
Jeffery Edelson's McCoy's Creek Art Center
located just west of here...
..This is an example of what needs to be cleared to
open the creek for paddlers, this clog is east toward I-10.
Can't you just "call some agency" to clean the trash, cut the
overgrown trees, restore the surface waters of our local creeks?
...No you can't...
Can't you just "call some agency" to clean the trash, cut the
overgrown trees, restore the surface waters of our local creeks?
...No you can't...
...Pretty McCoy's Creek view right?..not so fast,
see the outflow pipe in lower left..
..Nasty chemicals flowing directly into McCoy's Creek..
..This is sad to see...
..This is the drainage ditch full of chemicals feeding the creek...
..A view from the Myrtle Avenue Bridge with "the all too familiar"
shopping cart tossed in the creek...