Our Organization

Clean Our Lands was founded in 2019 by Ross Clark. Ross, an avid hiker and outdoors adventurer, spent much of his free time exploring state parks. Frequently he spent time at Saugatuck Nature Preserve in Connecticut where there was always litter such as plastic bottles, broken glass, and other trash taking away from the natural beauty.  Ross always did his part to pick up and over the course of  few months he found that picking up trash was really making a difference. The nature preserve was staying clean, people were littering less when they didn't see other trash on the ground, and other people appeared to have joined in the efforts to keep the park clean. 

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This experience inspired Ross to try to make the same impact on a much larger scale, by creating Clean Our Lands.

The nonprofit  funds the mission by hand making and selling bracelets made from reclaimed wood. The wood is salvaged from residential construction projects to prevent it from going to the land fill and is then milled into beads for the bracelets. The beads are finished with nontoxic and natural finishes such as linseed oil and tea stain.