John Packer grabs a plastic bag Saturday near Wolcott during the Eagle River Watershed Council Community Pride Highway Cleanup. Packer is the owner of Fly Fishing Outfitters and said their group participates every year and plays a game to find the most common beer bottle or can.
About 1,000 volunteers turned out to clean the highways of Eagle County on Saturday in the Eagle River Watershed Council’s Community Pride Highway Cleanup.
It’s an annual event, but last year was canceled amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus, and the trash continued accumulating.
This year, Holly Loff with the Watershed Council was able to participate in her first highway cleanup, as she’s usually busy organizing the after-party. Loff said she had people approaching her in the grocery store, asking when and if the cleanup was taking place.