Dear Editor of Lake magazine,

The 2021 LMRA Renew Our Rivers Lake Martin Community cleanup was the most successful overall cleanup ever in the 18-year history of this annual event. There were volunteers working together in removing both roadside litter and shoreline trash from most of the high traffic areas surrounding Lake Martin. The total weight of the removed trash was nowhere near the 21 tons that was removed in 2019 but the clean roadsides that resulted from the hundreds of volunteers battling the chilly weather while removing unsightly litter from our “treasured” community was a joy to behold.