Blog 2026

3/8/2026: Cleaned Maryland Ave @ Wheelock Pkwy NE corner, & around Lake Phalen, & Gateway Trail between Round Lake and Edgerton St.

3/14/2026: Cleaned some North shore Ames Lake & Phalen Blvd @ Johnson Pkwy East corner.

3/21/2026: Cleaned Vento Trail from Maryland Ave to halfway to Arlington Ave.

3/25/2026: Cleaned Wheelock Pkwy under Gateway Trail bridge.

3/28/2026: Cleaned North shore Ames Lake again dt lots of wind blowing litter from Cub, Mcdonalds, etc., and to fish out some litter in the water w my grabber.

3/29/2026: Cleaned in Swede Hollow Ravine and near Swedehenge.

4/5/2026: Cleaned again North shore Ames lake d/t more blown trash, and SE corner Phalen Blvd @ Johnson Pkwy, and some Johnson Pkwy @ Maryland Ave NE and SE corners and behind tennis courts, and South shore lake Phalen.

4/10/26: Cleaned from NE corner Maryland @ Johnson Pkwy to Vento Trail South of County B

4/14/26: Cleaned along Wheelock Pkwy and Gateway Trail access.

4/15/26: Cleaned along Wheelock Pkwy and Lake Phalen.

4/16/26: Cleaned along Wheelock Pkwy and Trout Creek Trail and Gateway Trail.

4/21/26: Cleaned along Wheelock Pkwy, Trout Creek Trail, Gateway Trail @ Arlington Ave.

4/22/26: Happy Earth Day, which I spend like most people by cleaning litter for hours, along Wheelock Pkwy, Trout Creek Trail, Gateway Trail along the cemetery/Forest Lawn Memorial Park border.

4/24/26: Cleaned some Wheelock Pkwy, some Trout Creek Trail, some Gateway Trail @ Arlington Ave

5/3/26: Cleaned on Vento Trail North of Lake Phalen; Cleaned in Swede Hollow North of Swedehenge; and cleaned trail along Wakan Tipi. My Kudos to the group that cleaned Swede Hollow so thoroughly this weekend.

5/8/26: Cleaned some on Gateway Trail @ Arlington Ave.

5/9/26: Cleaned some on Gateway Trail next to John Glenn Middle School.

5/10/26: Cleaned some around Ames Lake and on Vento Trail @ Atlantic St and some near Swedehenge.

5/15/26: Cleaned some in Trout Creek Trail and Gateway Trail South of Wheelock Blvd.

5/16/26: Cleaned some in Swede Hollow NE of Swedehenge.

5/23/26: Cleaned Ford Pkwy from Kenneth St to river.

5/24/26: Cleaned Ford Pkwy from Kenneth St to Snelling Ave.

5/26/26: Cleaned Wheelock Pkwy steep hill and some in Trout Creek Trail and in Gateway Trail near Arlington Ave.

5/30/26: Cleaned some in Swede Hollow, Harriet Island under Wabasha St Bridge, and Vento Trail along Phalen Blvd.

6/6/26: Cleaned some on Gateway from Vento Trail to Pine Point Park.

6/12/26: Cleaned Wheelock Pkwy trail, Trout Creek Trail, Gateway SW of Keller & Round Lakes.

6/15/26: Cleaned some Wheelock Pkwy trail.

6/26/26: Cleaned around Lake Phalen, Round Lake Trails.

7/2/26: Cleaned around lake Phalen, Gateway Trail West of Round Lake access.

7/5/26: Cleaned in Swede Hollow from West of Neid Ln to Swedehenge.

7/20/26: Cleaned around Lake Phalen and Ames Lake Trails and Vento Trail between Phalen Blvd and East Shore Dr.

7/23/26: Cleaned some on new Pigs Eye Lake Trail and trail between Warner Rd & Burns Ave.

7/24/26: Cleaned around Lake Phalen.

7/26/26: Cleaned along Shepard Rd between Sibley St and Eagle Pkwy.

8/11/26: Cleaned Wheelock Greenway West of big hill. Cleaned in Gateway Trail near Arlington Ave. Cleaned Trout Creek Trail.

8/13/26: Thanks BIPOC Outdoors for cleaning in Swede Hollow! Great work very much appreciated!

8/16/26: Cleaned Vento Trail East of Johnson Pkwy @ E Shore Dr., cleaned under Vento Trail bridge over Beam Ave.

8/18/26: Cleaned on 4th St East under Swede Hollow Trail (East St?) near Wakan Tipi.

8/26/26: Cleaned on Wheelock Pkwy Trail from Dale St to bottom of big hill, and in Trout Creek Trail, and on Gateway Trail from Arlington Ave to Wheelock Pkwy.

9/4/26: Cleaned some on Wheelock Pkwy big hill and in Trout Creek Trail