Tom McKee and other volunteers unload garbage near Renfrew during Saturday's Connoquenessing Creek cleanup.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

The Allegheny Aquatic Alliance held its 10th annual Connoquenessing Creek Cleanup on Saturday, and loads of refuse were once again pulled from the scenic waterway.

Alliance board member James “Rip” Davis said more than 300 tires and a large industrial dumpster load of trash were removed from the section of the creek between the Oneida Reservoir and the Eckstein Road canoe and kayak launch in Forward Township.

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