FORC plans Coeur d'Alene River cleanup
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
More than double the weight of tires was hauled in the 2023 annual river cleanup than the Friends of the River Coalition recovered the previous year.
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In the 2023 river cleanup, volunteers from F.O.R.C. pulled more than 1,500 pounds of tires, tarps and other car parts out of the waterways along the North fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | July 26, 2024 1:00 AM
KINGSTON — It’s time to return to the river.
The Friends of the River Coalition is coordinating its annual river cleanup Saturday.
Last August, volunteers in kayaks, boats and diving gear hauled more than 1,500 pounds of trash from the Coeur d’Alene River. The bulk of the materials were tires or car parts.
The nonprofit’s boat, the SS Tired, is outfitted and will depart with divers Bill Harris and Lynee Cavanaugh on Saturday. Volunteers will focus on the lower end of the North Fork from the CCC bridge to the Cataldo Mission.
The group has taken a grassroots approach to combating issues caused by dumping waste around the river and promote more responsible river use.
FORC is hosting a contest with a $100 prize on its Facebook page to guess the exact weight of the items pulled from the water.
Learn more about Friends of the River Coalition by visiting its Facebook page or by emailing the nonprofit at friendsoftheriver2020@gmail.com.
In the 2023 river cleanup, volunteers from F.O.R.C. pulled more than 1,500 pounds of tires, tarps and other car parts out of the waterways along the North fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.ARTICLES BY CAROLYN BOSTICK
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