Sunday October 6, 2024 | OTTER POINT, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
The Sooke ATV Club recently marked their 4th annual Environmental cleanup day.
This year the Sooke ATV Club focused its efforts in Otter Point around the forested rural area of Butler Road and Young Lake Road area. The work was done on Friday September 28 from 9 am to 1 pm.
The cleanup was done just one day ahead of a Juan de Fuca-Malahat provincial all candidates meeting that was held on September 29 at the CRD electoral area building on Butler Road.
The cleanup was done by 20 volunteers from the Sooke and Otter Point areas. They collected illegally-dumped garbage and waste from the roadsides.
A waste bin was filled in the span of four hours, estimated as 1,000 kg or 2,200 lbs of waste from the somewhat remote area.
The waste bin rental was donated by Sooke Disposal.
Partners to the project were The Great Outdoors Fund and UnSmoke Canada which provided grant funding. Sooke Disposal covered the cost trucking and bin delivery.
Similar cleanups are done around the Sooke region through the year including cleanup of parks and shorelines.
The Sooke ATV Club was founded in 2019 with the goal of having fun riding ATV/UTV/SXS’s. That includes a focus on creating an educational and safe environment for all levels of ATV riders. Sooke ATV is an affiliate of the provincial association ATVBC. There are more than 30 similar clubs in BC.
===== RELATED:
- Revitalized mural on Heritage Row in Sooke (October 4, 2024)
- Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidates face-off in Otter Point (September 30, 2024)
- Sooke Harvest Festival 2024 draws a crowd (September 30, 2024)
- After-storm cleanup at Whiffin Spit on Jan 22 (January 19, 2024)
- Graffiti cleanup reignites Island Rail Corridor survival debate (August 4, 2022)
- Shoreline cleanup grants benefit Haida Gwaii, Discovery Islands, Campbell River & Comox areas (August 5, 2021)
- NEWS SECTIONS: POLITICS | BC ELECTION 2024 | SOOKE REGION | ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY