By the time they finished on Tuesday, a team of scuba divers had removed 25,000 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe.

The nonprofit organization Clean Up the Lake organized a volunteer team of over 100 members to undertake the project in 230 days. Lake Tahoe's shoreline, shared by California and Nevada, is 72 miles long.

“The completion of this seemingly impossible project is a testament to what our team is truly capable of," said Colin West, the founder and executive director of the organization. "I am excited to see what our next big project will be, as this was only the beginning of what our team will do!”

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Clean Up the Lake plans to turn the garbage into "a new art installation" depicting either a Sierra Nevada red fox, a Lahontan cutthroat trout, or a bald eagle holding a trout. All proposed animals are native to South Tahoe, where the art will be displayed.

There is also a team of data collectors sorting through the trash that, as of a week ago, was still hiring. Collectors discovered diamond rings, Nikon film cameras from the 1980s, lamp posts, “no littering” signs, pieces from boats and engine blocks, and even wallets during the project.

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The nonprofit group also plans to clean Fallen Leaf Lake and June Lake this year. Volunteers plan to monitor Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake to discourage future littering.