Princeton’s annual town-wide Earth Month cleanup is organized by the Open Space and Environmental Action Committees and the Light Department, in honor of Earth Day (April 22). It begins April 1, or when the ground is visible, whichever comes first.
The cleanup effort has three components:
- Roadsides in town
- Parks and playgrounds
- Trails
Selecting a Roadside to Clean
Checking its Status
- Click on a road segment in the map below to check on status
- If the road segment is brown, then it has not been assigned yet
- A click will tell you who cleaned it last year
- A blue line indicates that the segment has been assigned
- Green means that it has been cleaned
Sign Up
Email PrincetonEarthMonthCleanup@gmail.com and indicate which sections of which roads you would like to clean
What is Expected
- Clean up by the end of April on your own schedule
- Dispose of trash on your own
- Email the organizers when you have completed your work
- Organizers would like to hear from everyone who is cleaning up the roads so that everyone can be acknowledged
Volunteering for Trail Clearing and Cleanup
What is Expected
- Pick up trash
- Clear detritus from the trails
- Clip small branches that have grown over the trails
- Email PrincetonEarthMonthCleanup@gmail.com if more help, such as chain sawing, is required
Trails Included
- Four Corners
- Bullock/McElroy
- Russell Corner (formerly Peabody-Metcalf)
- Gregory-Alexander
- Calamint Hill
- Boylston Park
- Boone Trail (new trail from Calamint Hill to Brooks Station Road)
- Poutwater Pond
- Red Fox Farm
- Goodnow Park
Sign Up
Email PrincetonEarthMonthCleanup@gmail.com with the trail you would like to help clean up.
Cleaning Up Parks and Playgrounds
- Earth Month organizers will be asking specific groups in town to help out
- Any resident or group with a particular interest in cleaning up parks or playgrounds, however, should feel free to contact one of the organizers:
- Sawyer Field, contact Karen Rossow
- Krashes Field, contact Rick Rys
- Thomas Prince School, contact Corey Burnham-Howard
- Town Common, email PrincetonEarthMonthCleanup@GMail.com
Health and Safety
The health and safety of all volunteers is a priority. Note that all cleanup is done at
participants’ own risk. Please be sure to read the safety sheet for this project!
Prizes!
As in prior years, to add a little fun to the project, prizes will be given for:
- Photos: Most Fun, Most Impressive Haul, and Most Inspiring
- Trash discoveries: Most Interesting, Most Disgusting, and Most Nips (a new category which requires some counting!)
Celebration
Whether you sign up or not, please plan to join us for a town-wide celebration of this effort in May. Keep an eye on the Events Calendar.
Our Map
The goal for April 1 is to turn all of the brown to blue or green!
Committee Members
| Name | Phone | |
| Claire Golding | cmowbraygolding@gmail.com | 978-333-9425 |
| Karen Rossow | KRossow2@Gmail.com | 508-335-3601 |
| Rick Gardner | Rick.S.Gardner@Gmail.com | 978-660-8664 |
| Corey Burnham-Howard | cburnhamhoward@gmail.com | 978-660-5009 |
| Rick Rys | rys@r2controls.com | 508-369-5186 |
| Joelle Johns | joellejohns70@gmail.com | 941-587-5362 |