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Volunteers urge county help after removing millions of pounds of debris from Steelhead Creek
Summary
River City Waterway Alliance volunteers told the board they have removed roughly 3.7 million pounds of trash across 1,000 cleanups and are finding shopping-cart dams, pallets and unpermitted structures that block salmon passage; they asked the county for help and funding.
Several volunteers with the River City Waterway Alliance addressed the board during public comment, describing extensive debris and unpermitted structures in Steelhead Creek and other waterways and asking for more county assistance.
David Ingram opened the group's remarks: "We just passed 3.7 million pounds of trash removed after our 1,000th cleanup," he said, and described recurring…
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