Ecology Youth Corps heads to highways to pick up litter

High-school-age youths will return to Eastern Washington roadsides this week to clean up litter tossed by motorists.

Teens aged 14 to 17 will work 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 back for the Ecology Youth Corps (ECY)...