Washington State 4-H Youth Development Program: "Port Townsend’s drinking water is now cleaner thanks to a group of 4-H’ers who care about the environment."
Youth in the 4-H Stewardship program took to the Big Quilcene River watershed recently to haul thousands of pounds of garbage out of the area.
“We found four mattresses, a water heater, a set of new tires, couches, a dryer, TV, microwave, a crib, baby toys and an office chair,” said 14-year old Donnie Person. “We went down a steep slope and pulled out (those items) and more typical trash like wrappers, glass, and old clothes and put it into garbage bags.”
Donnie is one of a dozen youth from Jefferson County who, along with community volunteers, U.S. Forest Service, city and county employees, spent Earth Day April 23 filling fourteen pick-up loads of trash from the Big Quilcene River watershed which supplies drinking water to area residents."
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Youth in the 4-H Stewardship program took to the Big Quilcene River watershed recently to haul thousands of pounds of garbage out of the area.
“We found four mattresses, a water heater, a set of new tires, couches, a dryer, TV, microwave, a crib, baby toys and an office chair,” said 14-year old Donnie Person. “We went down a steep slope and pulled out (those items) and more typical trash like wrappers, glass, and old clothes and put it into garbage bags.”
Donnie is one of a dozen youth from Jefferson County who, along with community volunteers, U.S. Forest Service, city and county employees, spent Earth Day April 23 filling fourteen pick-up loads of trash from the Big Quilcene River watershed which supplies drinking water to area residents."
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