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HYDE PARK, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — One mans trash is another man’s treasure. But in the case at Fowl Meadow in Hyde Park, it’s just trash.
Volunteers with the “Keep Hyde Park Beautiful” nonprofit goes to the park for a public cleanup day once a year. Cathy Horn is with the organization and led a group of good Samaritans Sunday for the 5th annual Fowl Meadow Cleanup, and they've found some interesting things out there.
“I think we found a toilet,” one volunteer at the cleanup told WBZ NewsRadio.
Fowl Meadow is a discrete area within the Blue Hills Reservation, home to thousands of wetland birds and other wildlife. Over the years, it became a dumping ground for anything and everything.
In 2017, the neighborhood grassroot group comprised of residents came together to save the green space.
“The first few years we filled [the trash can], it was overflowing, and then last year was noticeably less,” Horn said.
She believed the cleanups have slowly changed the reputation of the Fowl Meadow.
The group is a local chapter of the state-level affiliate, Keep Massachusetts Beautiful. For Horn, she hopes the group becomes a bigger movement someday, to inspire people to make their community a better place.
WBZ NewsRadio's Chaiel Schaffel (@CSchaffelWBZ) reports.