Tired of seeing litter along your local creek or river? Join this season's Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup and make a difference.
The seasonal event, which is part of a nation-wide effort jointly led by the Vancouver Aquarium and the World Wildlife Foundation, focuses on educating and empowering people to make a difference through community cleanup events.
In the Tri-Cities, there are several cleanup sites that need co-ordinators or participants, according to the website www.shorelinecleanup.ca. They range from Mundy Park to the Scott Creek trail in Coquitlam, Maple Creek in Port Coquitlam to Noons Creek in Port Moody.
With the cleanup running until Nov. 30, there are plenty of opportunities to join. In Port Moody, for instance, plans are underway for a litter pick-up event on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Port Moody Ecological Society, which runs Noons Creek Hatchery and is co-ordinating the cleanup, says help is needed between 9 and 11 a.m. that day. Volunteers are encourage to wear comfortable clothes that can get dirty and bring three shopping bags: one for garbage, one for recycling and one for cigarette butts.
All the garbage is recorded and, in past years, more than 100 volunteers have turned out for the Noons Creek cleanup, collecting hundreds of kilograms of garbage along the Port Moody shoreline.
• Register at www.shorelinecleanup.ca under Clean Up Event, Inlet Park and Noons Creek Hatchery. More information about the Port Moody Ecological Society is available at noonscreek.org
