SPOKANE - The Department of Ecology's (Ecology) Eastern Regional Office in Spokane plans to hire about 118 teens throughout Eastern Washington this summer to help clean up area roadsides, parks and recreation areas.  

Youths, ages 14 to 17, who live in Eastern Washington counties, can apply through April 2, 2012, to work with one of Ecology's EYC crews cleaning up litter this summer. The pay will be $9.04 per hour.

Crews will work Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in one of two four-week sessions. Crew locations include Chewelah, Clarkston, Colville, Inchelium, Ephrata, Moses Lake, Othello, Pasco, Pullman, Republic, Ritzville, Spokane, Walla Walla and Wilbur. Sessions this year run from June 25 through July 20, 2012, and again from July 23 through August 17.

Applications are available through area school counselors and online. More information is available on the Ecology website at www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eyc/, or by calling Lynette Kuehl in Ecology's Spokane office at (509) 329-3434.