Underwater cleanup at Stiltsville at Biscayne National Park

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  Drew Collins carries a mesh bag filled with glass bottles and other garbage handed to him by a scuba diver on the dock of the Ellenburg House in Stiltsville. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and boy scouts and volunteers bagged the garbage and brought it back on boats. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Leaving volunteers to finish cleaning the waters of the Ellenburg House in Stiltsville, Drew Collins gets a boat ride from Bill Tuttle as they go check on other divers and volunteers around Stiltsville. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow water of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and boy scouts and volunteers bagged the garbage and brought it back on boats. In addition to the Stiltville cleanup, Collins also had volunteers cleaning Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Valerie Gillespie, a member of Boy Scout Troop 69, carries an old stereo that was pulled from the waters surrounding Stiltsville on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and gave it to boy scouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition to the Stiltsville project, Collins organized a large group to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  A stereo was one of the more unusual finds of the day during a cleanup of the waters around Stiltsville on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and gave it to boyscouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition to the Stiltsville project, Collins organized a large group to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Drew Collins carries a bag filled with glass bottles and other trash pulled from the waters surrounding Stiltsville on Saturday September 15, 2012. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and gave it to boyscouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition to the Stiltsville project, Collins organized a large group to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Volunteer Ansley Castineira gives a thumbs up to other volunteers working on Drew Collins' Eagle Scout project on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 on the dock of the Ellenburg House in the Stiltsville community. For his Eagle Scout project, boys cout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and gave it to boy scouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition to the Stiltsville project, Collins organized a large group to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Mark Collins, Drew Collins' dad, carries glass bottles and metal debris back to the dock underneath the Ellenburg House in the Stiltsville community. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins organized an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers collected the trash and gave it to boy scouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition ot the Stiltsville project, Collins organized a large group to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  As Bill Tuttle captains the boat, Drew Collins waves excitedly to volunteers and friends working at the Ellenburg Stiltsville House, where they were on hand for an underwater cleanup project that Drew organized for his Eagle Scout project. Stiltsville has seven homes left in the unique community in Biscayne National Park. Scuba divers and snorkelers were collecting trash under the homes and giving it to boyscouts to bag and bring back on boats. In addition to the Stiltsville cleanup, Collins organized a group of volunteers to clean up Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  A Scuba diver enters the water off of the Ellenburg House to join other divers and snorkelers in picking up garbage and handing it to boyscouts to bag and bring back on boats. For his Eagle Scout project, boy scout Drew Collins held an underwater cleanup at Stiltsville, seven homes built on stilts in the shallow waters of Biscayne National Park. In addtion to the Siltsville cleanup, Collins had volunteers cleaning Matheson Hammock Park. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF