The beaches and shorelines of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Estuary are much cleaner, thanks to the efforts of the many volunteers who came out to lend a hand (and strong backs) to the Harbor Clean Up sponsored by the Town of Oyster Bay, the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association and Friends of the Bay. Participating groups included volunteers from the Tuesday Night Sailors of The WaterFront Center, the Sagamore Rowing Association, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, Tow Boat US and many Friends of the Bay supporters. The Baymen started early and worked hard all day to ensure that the harbor would be as free of debris and trash as possible. We all worked together, some remaining on the shorelines to clean trash from the beaches in Roosevelt Park and Beekman Beach, while others loaded on boats to go to areas easier to reach from the water. Many boatloads were brought back to the central collection point at the Roosevelt Beach boat launch ramps, where Town of Oyster Bay workers were ready with payloaders to collect the trash and place it in dumpsters. All in all, five roll off containers were filled! Neil Bergin, Commissioner of the Town of Oyster Bay Department of Environmental Resources, deserves a special thank you for arranging the collection of the debris, and supplying the heavy equipment needed to break up the boats and load the roll off containers. At the end of the day, the Baymen supplied a great barbecue. It was a very successful cleanup, thanks to the cooperative efforts of all involved.