Three women in blue Shore Sweep t-shirts, hauling trash across the land out of Lake Lanier.

Hauling trash out of Lake Lanier across the land.

Dock floats, debris and trash kept volunteers busy at this year’s Shore Sweep. Nearly 1.000 volunteers registered on the website before the weekend, and a number of dock builders and other commercial operators assisted with the annual Lake Lanier cleanup.

The advance drop-off sites that were open for the two weeks before the official Shore Sweep day added to the final total. It will be several weeks before the association releases its final tally.

There was no shortage of heavy equipment, including front-end loaders, dumpsters on the backs of flat-bed trucks, dock-builders’ barges, as well as organized teams from area real estate offices and America’s Boating Club Atlanta.

For more information about the association, visit lakelanier.org.

Martin Dock company uses heavy equipment to pull large items of trash from the lake.

Martin Docks pulls debris from the lake.

Two volunteers, standing in the lake up to their knees, as they pull out old metal drums and tanks from the lake.

Shore Sweep can be a dirty job.

Feature photo, America’s Boating Club-Atlanta Photo: by Cindy Ringwall, Hauling Trash Photo: by Ella Oxley, Dirty job photo: by Cheryl Haynes, Towing trash photo: by Hailey Merlo, Martin Docks pull debris from lake photo: by Glenn Martin.

A view behind the boat that is towing multiple dock floats that are tied together in a line behind the boat.

Towing trash during Shore Sweep.