ABOUT THE ELK RIVER SHORELINE CLEANUP

Since 2011, ERA has recruited volunteers around Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie to get together and clean the shores of the Elk River. Car tires, metal, diapers, cans, cigarette butts, electronics, and countless other items have been retrieved from the river. Since we began tracking the number of trash items in 2021, community volunteers have removed 41,415 pieces of garbage from the local watershed!