Shore Sweep event celebrates 30 years of trash cleared from Lake Lanier - Gainesville Times

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Shore Sweep event celebrates 30 years of trash cleared from Lake Lanier

Hampton Brown, an intern with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, carries Styrofoam and other litter during the 2017 Lake Lanier Shore Sweep in Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes

09252017 SHORE 0007.jpg — Hampton Brown, an intern with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, carries Styrofoam and other litter during the 2017 Lake Lanier Shore Sweep in Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes

Shore Sweep began 30 years ago as a modest cleanup effort to pull Styrofoam and other floating debris from Lake Lanier.