Thursday, March 28, 2024
 
Click HERE to sign up to receive Eye On Sun Valley's Daily News Email
 
ERC Hosts Clean Sweep as Spur Offers Matching Grant for PUP Patrol
Loading
   
Saturday, May 1, 2021
 

STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

The Environmental Resource Center will host its annual Clean Sweep today to tidy public places in the valley.

And this summer there will be plenty more opportunities to serve.

  • Clean Sweep will be held from 9 a.m. to noon today—Saturday May 1. Meet at either Bellevue Memorial Park at 3rd Street, Hop Porter Park on Bullion Street in Hailey or at the ERC in Ketchum at 471 Washington Ave. to register and pick up garbage bags and gloves. Complimentary breakfast snacks and coffee will be available.

    Participants will get a free lunch coupon provided by KB’s and a chance at prizes.

  • The ERC plans to hold knapweed pulls and trash and dog poop pick-ups all summer long, thanks to the generosity of the Wood River Women’ Foundation, the Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation and the Sawtooth Society.

Those who’d like to help are invited to sign up for Weed Warriors and/or Poop Patrol. Volunteers will get trained to pull invasive weed at high-priority riparian areas in exchange for swag, snacks and the reward of a job well done.

Swag and snacks will also be available for summer sweeps addressing trash and dog waste.

To join in the fun, email the ERC’s programs coordinator at vicky@ercsv.org or call the office at 208-726-4333.

SPUR FOUNDATION HELPS WITH PUP (PICK UP THE PLANET)

The Spur Foundation will match up to $12,500 in donations over the next two months to fully fund the ERC’s PUP (Pick up for the Planet) program for the summer. The funding will allow the ERC to maintain 16 trailhead bins during the summer, transition to fully biodegradable poop bags, run weekly trailhead pick-ups and keep more than 50,000 pounds of dog waste out of the watershed.

Donating $35 or more makes you an ERC member with special rates on events, workshops and EcoCamp. You can donate at http://www.ercsv.org/get-involved/support-erc/

~  Today's Topics ~


Lou Whittaker Leaves Behind a Legacy of Mountaineering and Storytelling

Free Range Poetry Society to Hold Second Gathering Tonight

Easter Bunny to Begin Hopping Friday
 
 

 

 

 
Website problems? Contact:
Michael Hobbs
General Manager /Webmaster
Mike@EyeOnSunValley.com
 
Got a story? Contact:
Karen Bossick
Editor in Chief
(208) 578-2111
Karen@EyeOnSunValley.com
 
 
Advertising /Marketing /Public Relations
Leisa Hollister
Chief Marketing Officer
(208) 450-9993
leisahollister@gmail.com
 
Brandi Huizar
Account Executive
(208) 329-2050
brandi@eyeonsunvalley.com
 
 
ABOUT US
EyeOnSunValley.com is the largest online daily news media service in The Wood River Valley, publishing 7 days a week. Our website publication features current news articles, feature stories, local sports articles and video content articles. The Eye On Sun Valley Show is a weekly primetime television show focusing on highlighted news stories of the week airing Monday-Sunday, COX Channel 13. See our interactive Kiosks around town throughout the Wood River Valley!
 
info@eyeonsunvalley.com      Press Releases only
 
P: 208.720.8212
P.O. Box 1453 Ketchum, ID  83340
LOGIN

© Copyright 2023 Eye on Sun Valley