Volunteers needed to help clean up wetlands

  • By Juneau Empire
  • Monday, April 23, 2018 7:52am
  • News
In this 2012 file photo, students from Raven Correspondence School pose at Sandy Beach after a litter cleanup on Earth Day. (Courtesy photo)

In this 2012 file photo, students from Raven Correspondence School pose at Sandy Beach after a litter cleanup on Earth Day. (Courtesy photo)

Juneau residents will have two opportunities to help clean the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge the morning of Saturday, April 28.

Juneau Community Wetlands City-wide Cleanup is hosting a cleanup from 8-10 a.m. that day. Cleanup points will be at Sunny Point and Engineer’s Cutoff. Bags will be available at the following locations: Douglas Fire Hall, 1016 3rd St., Douglas; Duck Creek Market, 9951 Stephen Richards Memorial Dr.; Foodland parking lot, 615 W. Willoughby Ave.; Super Bear Supermarket, 9103 Mendenhall Mall Rd.; Squires Rest, 11806 Glacier Hwy.; Western Auto-Marine, 5165 Glacier Highway; and Fred Meyer, 8181 Glacier Highway.

In coordination with the citywide cleanup, Alaskan Brewing Co. is partnering with Juneau’s Litter Free to host its annual wetlands cleanup at Sunny Point from 8-10 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the small parking lot pull-off on Sunny Point just before Sunny Drive. Bags and gloves will be provided to volunteers.

Alaskan Brewing Co. will host a post-cleanup celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its taproom, 5429 Shaune Drive. Forno Rosso Pizzeria pizza truck will be on site. Cleanup volunteers may enjoy lunch courtesy of Alaskan Brewing from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. with proof of a volunteer wristband.

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