Boy Scouts clean up Lake Lanier

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Boy Scouts clean up Lake Lanier

Boy Scouts clean up Lake Lanier

Boy Scout leader of troop 1830 Jon Spencer (left) and scout Cory McLeod, 16, carry the trash out of a dry section of Lake Lanier.

The foot of Boy Scout Casey Clark, 12, is covered in mud after briefly losing his boots in the lakebed.

Trash is piled up to be collected into bags by Boy Scouts of troop 1830.

Natalie Norr, 7, of Suwanee, waits for a towel after trying to help friends out of the mud.

Michael Angell, 17, of Suwanee, from Boy Scouts troop 1830, steps over an exposed tree. The cleanup project was organized by Michael Angell to earn his Eagle Scout badge.

Boy Scout Trevor Bradhan (left), 13, is deep in mud up to his knees, so he hands a bottle to fellow scout Casey Clark, 12.

Girl Scout Dana Gardner, 13, of troop 21103 of Suwanee, and Kathleen Brooks (left), 14, gather trash underneath a docked boat.

Jeffrey Angell (center), 16, helps pull scout Michael Goodrich, 12, out of the mud. In the yellow shirt, Trevor Bradhan, 13, along with Casey Clark, 12, try to assist with pulling Goodrich out of the mud.

Boy Scouts of troop 1830 gather on a dock next to a pile of trash that was collected during the event.

Boy Scout Casey Clark, 12, piles bottles on a dock after collecting them on the shoreline.

Boy Scout Trevor Bradhan, 13, follows his foot steps back to a dock in deep mud after cleaning up the lakebed.

Alan Snow, 18, of Suwanee, jumps a ditch as he passes an abandoned boat on Lake Lanier's shoreline near Lake Harbor Marina. The cleanup project was organized by Michael Angell, 17, of Suwanee. Angell is a member of Boy Scouts troop 1830 of Suwanee. Angell was using this project to earn his Eagle Scout badge. Girl Scout troop 21103 of Suwanee also helped with Saturday's efforts.

Ethan Day, 12, from Suwanee, of troop 1813, drops a shirt on a pile of trash that he and other volunteers collected on the exposed portions of Lake Lanier's shoreline.

Boy Scouts scout master Burke Hunsaker of troop 1813 puts trash in a bag as he and other volunteers helped clean up trash on the exposed portions of the Lake Lanier's shoreline near Lake Harbor Marina in Buford. About 55 people helped with the cleanup effort Saturday.

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Boy Scout leader of troop 1830 Jon Spencer (left) and scout Cory McLeod, 16, carry the trash out of a dry section of Lake Lanier.

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