04/21/2008: "Sign-up & Pick-up Roadside Litter"

The public is being asked this year to celebrate Earth Day (April 22) with a renewed commitment to keeping San Juan island litter-free!

In 2007, over 100 islanders signed up for our Imagine No Litter! campaign, agreeing to regularly clean many of our roadsides and beaches. Most of these individuals and groups have said they will continue their efforts in the upcoming year.

But there are still sections of the island that need help, and we would like to encourage anyone not yet participating to sign up to adopt one (or part) of the following roads or beaches: :

Bailer Hill Road from Douglas to Wold
Beaverton Valley Road from Ivan to Erickson
Cattle Point from Argyle to Madden
Douglas Road
Jackle’s Lagoon
Madden Lane
Pear Point from the gravel pit to Duffy House (November to March only)
San Juan Drive from Reuben Tarte to southern end of road
San Juan Valley Road from Boyce to Hidden Meadows
Smugglers Cove Road
Sutton Road from Roche Harbor Road to transfer station entrance
West Side Road from Straits View to Thimbleberry
West Side Road from the county park to Mitchell Bay Road
West Side Road from Hannah to Land Bank property
West Valley Road from Raven Ridge to Skottowe
West Valley Road from the English Camp entrance to Lawson Road
Wold Road
Any roads in town!

If you are willing to help, please call Lori Stokes at 378-4643 or email her at lori@rockisland.com .

Safety vests, gloves, bags, and trash grabbers are all available at no cost from Friends of the San Juans; and the transfer station on Sutton Road will accept collected litter without charge.

(The article was co-authored by Lori Stokes and David Dehlendorf, Co-Founders of the San Juan Island Anti-Litter Initiative)