EYC crews back in action

High-school-age youths returned to Eastern Washington roadsides recently to clean up litter tossed by motorists as a part of the Ecology Youth Corps (EYC). Teens, age 14 to 17, worked this summer along roadsides near Chewelah, Clarkston, Colville, Ephrata, Inchelium, Moses Lake, Othello, Pasco, Pullman, Republic, Ritzville, Spokane, Walla Walla and Wilbur.

The last time crews cleaned up litter in the Walla Walla vicinity was in 1998 because of the active local participation in the Department of Transportation’s “Adopt a Highway” program. But that participation has dropped off and the need is b...