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Shark Rangers
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Sharkey works to clean up trash everywhere before it reaches the ocean.
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The #BaltimoreCountyMD #CleanGreen15 Litter Challenge has come to an end for the ‘24-‘25 school year!

Sharkey’s been helping #CatonsvilleElemSchool and look how much they've done! 418 bags filled! Tires, sofas, and more! Over 20,000 pounds of junk! Wahoo! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRangers #Catonsville
May 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Little cleanups… they add up! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Sharkey pulled a bunch of junk out of a drainage ditch near Pennsville, New Jersey this weekend. Plastics, rubber, oil, gasoline… do you see a theme here?? Bleh! Do better, humans! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #MilesCreek #DelawareRiver #DelawareBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #DontFWithJersey #FortMott
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Sharkey and Jon returned once again to the Pond of Perfidiousness to pull out the remaining 47 tires and get them all up the hill. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #Tiarrhea
April 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Sharkey found several bags of yard waste dumped in the park in West Laurel, Maryland. He pulled them out of the brambles so the #PrinceGeorgesCountyMD Highways Department can pick them up. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #IndianCreek #AnacostiaRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
March 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Sharkey made the Paradise community a little more idyllic today, cleaning up around the bus stop & shopping center. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #EastBranchHerbertRun #HerbertRun #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #CatonsvilleMD #BaltimoreCountyMD #LitterDoesntStopWhereItDrops 
March 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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#SharkeyAndFriends got all this stuff away from #SawmillCreek, so it won’t end up in #ChesapeakeBay! Lots of bottles and cups, lots of styro pieces, lots of vinyl siding, and a whole lot more! #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace
February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Sharkey worked with 4 humans - Jon, Mr. Dan, Mr. Scott, and Ms. Suzanne, to cleanup the remaining 70 tires stuck in an icy drainage pond. More than 550 total were cleaned up from this highway ramp! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Sharkey sees numerous tires stuck in the frozen pond. All the tires were moved to the top of the hill… Then stacked along the left side of the ramp. Maryland State Highways was contacted to pick it all up! #MDOT
January 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Sharkey made Jon stop the car so he could clean up at one of the Baltimore Beltway interchanges. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #Catonsville #MusicCityMaryland #GottaLoveParadise #BaltimoreCountyMD #WestBranchHerbertRun #HerbertRun #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Sharkey spotted an overflowing bag and lots of litter on the ground. The final #AgaekeyStack with 5 bags of collected litter, vinyl siding, floorboards with linoleum, and lots more!
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Sharkey noticed this chair sitting along a highway ramp and decided to investigate. Follow the trail to see what he found! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #ElkridgeMD #DorseyRun #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
A snow-covered chair sits along a highway ramp at the edge of the woods. A faint trail leads further into the forest. A number of sectional sofa pieces, partially covered in snow, sit in the middle of a pine forest. All the sofa pieces lined up along the shoulder of the highway ramp await pickup by a Maryland State Highways crew.
January 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Sharkey spotted some tractor trailer tires at the edge of a dropoff overlooking #DorseyRun in #JessupMD. And then it “snowballed” from there! ❄️

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #HowardCountyMD #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Eight tractor trailer tires, partially covered in snow, sit at the edge of a precipice over Dorsey Run. One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more! One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more! One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more!
January 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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With the snow finally starting to melt, Sharkey has been able to locate trash to clean up. Well, ok, this mess would’ve still been findable in two feet of snow, right? 😂

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #PatapscoValleyStatePark #BetterThanYouFoundIt #MarylandStateParks
A truckload of dumped household goods sits atop the snow on the shoulder of a two-lane road at the bottom of a hill. Sharkey takes a short break on a small fuzzy chair he found. A Pokémon hat sits atop the chair back. The final #SharkeyStack, with 6 chairs, 3 bags of household items and litter, 2 dressers, a mattress, a big-screen TV, and 11 oil jugs!
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Sharkey found 6 shopping carts in the woods and dragged them through the snow to the nearest highway for pickup. Unfortunately, only one of them seems to still be useable, but that store closed down. 😢🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #DorseyRun #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Sharkey & Jon recleaned an area they just cleaned a couple of weeks ago with Mr. Dan. Mattresses, bottles and cans, dumped garbage bags, and more. Hard to believe this is in #PatapscoValleyStatePark! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BaltimoreCountyMD #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Sharkey finds a pair of mattresses dump in the brambles behind a berm along Hammonds Ferry Road. Jon tries to hold as many mini bottles in his hand as he can for a picture. He couldn’t hold them all and dropped several. The final #SharkeyStack with 4 mattresses, several bags of trash, a gaming chair, and more!
January 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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🦈 “Ooh, Jon… is that an Orange Crush can?!”
👨 “Let’s see, it says… Orange… Smash.”
🦈 “I’ve never heard of Orange Smash before. Can I still crush it?”
👨 “Well, no… but you can SMASH it!”
🦈 “Yay! Ok… stand back, humans!”

#SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SharkeyRecycles #OrangeCrush
Sharkey flies through the air preparing to land on top of the “Orange Smash” drink can. Sharkey stands atop the aluminum can he just smashed!
December 28, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Sharkey to you! 🦈 🎅 🎄 🎁 #SharkeyHolidays
December 25, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Sharkey completed his cleanup of the Dry Pond of Despair… now it’s the Pit of Pleasantness! Nine full bags of mostly plastic bottles, car parts, lots of styro chunks, and a tire! 😂🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SawmillBranch #CurtisCreek #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Sharkey sits on a tire in the foreground with several full bags in the background of the dry (retention) pond he cleaned up. The lineup of nine full bags and the auto parts sits along the guardrail of Maryland Hwy 176, waiting for a state highways crew to haul it all away.
December 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Sharkey has been “busting his tail” for everyone and had a recent accident when he tried carrying too many things at once. But he’s all patched up now ready to take on the world once again! 🦈👨‍🔧 #SharkRanger #SharkeySurgery #SuperGlue #NurseShark
December 22, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Sharkey found the Dry Pond of Despair near #BWIAirport! Although he made the valiant effort, he wasn’t able to get it all cleaned up. He’ll be back to finish the job! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SawmillCreek #FurnaceCreek #CurtisCreek #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt
Sharkey looks at all the bottles and other trash he found in a mostly dry retention pond near the airport. Sharkey made a clean spot after picking up lots of the garbage. He also set aside many aluminum cans to be recycled. Sharkey’s pile along the guardrail with 5 contractor bags, two 30-gallon bags, a big hunk of styrofoam, and more!
December 21, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Sharkey revisited a recent cleanup site and found 50 more tires & lots of litter to clean up! But on the bright side, he met a State Highways crew that gave him a roll of bags to use on future cleanups! Thanks #MDOT!! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay
Sharkey discovers lots of tires that had recently been rolled down the hill… Sharkey finds a tire still on the rim floating in a retention pond and uses an extension pole to retrieve it. Sharkey‘s first pile with 29 tires and several bags of litter bagged up. Sharkey’s second pile with 21 tires and some lumber pieces.
December 19, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Sharkey did cleanups in the final three counties of #NewJersey to finish off the state… his SIXTH one after MD, VT, NH, AZ, and DE! #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace #GardenState #CamdenCountyNJ
A pile of trash from Sharkey’s cleanup containing four bags of roadside litter, a bike frame, some political signs, a plastic crate, and a plastic rolling toolbox. Map of New Jersey showing all 21 counties, with Cumberland, Gloucester, and Camden Counties highlighted in South Jersey from Sharkey’s recent cleanups.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Sharkey used a nearby shopping cart, which was FOUR miles from its store, to haul a dumped sofa to the nearest road, where an #AnneArundelCountyMD Highways crew will haul it away. Thanks, highways dudes!!

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LinthicumMD
December 11, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Sharkey cleaned up all the litter along a paved trail in #FrederickMD today. The best part? LOTS OF ALUMINUM CANS! 😀 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #CarrollCreek #MonocacyRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #KaChing
A bag full of aluminum cans sits in the middle of an asphalt path with other litter along the grassy border waiting to be picked up. Sharkey sits atop his bag of aluminum cans that he will take to recycle for cash later in the week.
December 11, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Sharkey found a whole lotta trash dumped along the road near three abandoned vehicles in Halethorpe, Maryland. And only about 1/2 mile from the county dump! All cleaned up and reported to #BaltimoreCountyMD Highways Dept. for pickup. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay
Sharkey looks into the tall grass and finds a big blue barrel and lots of litter. Sharkey sees a dozen tires, some on the rim, carelessly tossed into the woods. Sharkey poses with a Christmas manger display and an inflatable Frankenstein among the much larger pile of collected trash. The final #SharkeyStack with 36 tires, 9 bags of trash, three barrels, a trash can full of litter, a sofa, holiday yard display items, tarps, household items, paint buckets, oil and antifreeze jugs, a sawhorse, a shelving unit, a baby stroller, and more!
December 10, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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Sharkey found several “thrones” when cleaning up yesterday!... Which is your favorite? #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SharkeyShenanigans #Litter #Trash #Cleanup #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace
Sharkey sits on a toilet with a huge Sponge Bob face for a lid. Sharkey sits on a stack of two wheelbarrow tires. Sharkey sits atop a mangled traffic barrel.
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM