Free Press staff
Humans and trash go hand in hand, but some passionate Elk Valley citizens spent their time cleaning up after others at this year’s Shoreline Clean Up.
On Sunday, September 24th the Elk River Alliance (ERA) celebrated World Rivers Day with their annual clean up event. According to ERA this year was the biggest ever, with 580 participants extracting over 7,500 pieces of garbage from shoreline areas–a considerable increase from last years’ 5,000 pieces.
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