Annual Carmans River Clean-up...AFTU ANNUAL CARMANS RIVER SPRING CLEAN-UP...
Each year as the opening of another New York State Trout fishing season approaches, the Chapter coordinates & hosts a Clean-up of heavily visited sections of the Carmans River in and outside of Southaven County Park in the Town of Brookhaven, NY. Below are a few images reflecting past Clean-up events over the years... For the next scheduled River Clean-up check our website for updates. (See Events, Meetings & Things-to-Do section for details.)
*A GALLERY OF PAST AFTU ANNUAL CARMANS RIVER SPRING CLEAN-UP DAYS...
...THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Above & Below: Teams Clean-up 2026
Team Clean-up 2025
Team Clean-up 2024...
Longwood H.S. Students and faculty member collect a healthy load of trash on the upper river.
A close-up of trash dumped in and along the upper Carmans River plain collected by Clean-up volunteers.
River & adjacent shoreline trash collected, and brought back for proper disposal.
AFTU "Grill Master" firing up BBQ for returning Volunteers after the early morning river clean-up.
"Rain or Shine"...Day One of Spring 2015... One of AFTU's Carmans River clean-up crews preparing to launch a trash collection canoe despite Mother Nature's last wisp of Winter.
Trail end to one of the upper reaches of the Carmans River in Southaven County Park (Handicap Waterfowler Blind)
View from upper river waterfowlers blind platform... A challenging day to clean-up the river.
AFTU members, Chuck and Ralph inspect one of the river trail ends for debris during Spring Carmans River clean-up.
Gary Saunders with Longwood H.S. clean-up volunteer inspecting piece of submerged log for aquatic insect life during break from river clean up. A pleasant surprise... A mature Perlidae waiting for the warmth of Spring to emerge to adulthood! <"))))><
AFTU members from the day's river clean-up crews waiting for Park Fishing Permits while enjoying the warmth of late day sunshine after an early morning spring snow fall.