Jennifer Konieczny, left, with the landscaping department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and UMass sophomore David Gangemi corral the leaves on Clark Hill into one spot behind Van Meter Hall on Wednesday, within reach of a vacuum truck to haul them away.
Jennifer Konieczny, left, with the landscaping department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and UMass sophomore David Gangemi corral the leaves on Clark Hill into one spot behind Van Meter Hall on Wednesday, within reach of a vacuum truck to haul them away. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

AMHERST – A crew from the University of Massachusetts Physical Plant’s Landscape Management department used leaf blowers and rakes to scour the fallen leaves from Clark Hill on Wednesday and then gathered them in one spot behind Van Meter Hall within reach of a vacuum truck to haul them away.

Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.