Park Ranger Leah Eskelin, far right, instructs volunteers how to safely pick up trash ahead of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event hosted on May 2, 2018. Approximately 45 people, including three Girl Scout troops, spent the afternoon picking up trash as part of a week-long effort by refuge staff to rid roadways of refuse accumulated during the winter months. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Park Ranger Leah Eskelin, far right, instructs volunteers how to safely pick up trash ahead of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event hosted on May 2, 2018. Approximately 45 people, including three Girl Scout troops, spent the afternoon picking up trash as part of a week-long effort by refuge staff to rid roadways of refuse accumulated during the winter months. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Cleaning crew

Approximately 45 people, including three Girl Scout troops, spent the afternoon picking up trash as part of a week-long effort by refuge staff to rid roadways of refuse accumulated during the winter months.

 

Cleaning crew
Girl Scout Caitlyn Crapps hands roadside trash to wildlife biologist Todd Eskelin, right, during the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Eskelin and a team of volunteers scoured refuge lands along Keystone Drive in Soldotna for discarded items during the three-hour cleanup. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Girl Scout Caitlyn Crapps hands roadside trash to wildlife biologist Todd Eskelin, right, during the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Eskelin and a team of volunteers scoured refuge lands along Keystone Drive in Soldotna for discarded items during the three-hour cleanup. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Girl Scouts Caitlyn Crapps, left, and Kadie Newkirk, discard a plastic glove during Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Girl Scouts Caitlyn Crapps, left, and Kadie Newkirk, discard a plastic glove during Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Ryan Crapps hands up trash from a stream near Keystone Drive in Soldotna during the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Approximately 45 people, including three Girl Scout troops, spent the afternoon cleaning up roadsides along the refuge as part of a week-long effort by refuge staff to rid roadways of trash accumulated during the winter months. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Ryan Crapps hands up trash from a stream near Keystone Drive in Soldotna during the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Green Up, Clean Up event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Approximately 45 people, including three Girl Scout troops, spent the afternoon cleaning up roadsides along the refuge as part of a week-long effort by refuge staff to rid roadways of trash accumulated during the winter months. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Girl Scout Caitlyn Crapps searches for trash along the Kenai River in Soldotna during the May 2 Green Up, Clean Up event hosted by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Girl Scout Caitlyn Crapps searches for trash along the Kenai River in Soldotna during the May 2 Green Up, Clean Up event hosted by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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