Volunteers set a Yellowstone River cleanup record, including a 1,445-pound tire
The 20th annual Yellowstone River Cleanup logged 3,277 volunteer hours. Crews pulled 191 tires, three engine blocks, and 16,170 pounds of trash, and recycled 75,328 pounds of metal.
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The 20th annual Yellowstone River Cleanup set a record with 3,277 hours of work, the Billings Gazette reported. Kayhan Ostovar, a professor at Rocky Mountain College who organizes the fall event, said 165 volunteers on shore and in 30 boats took 17,100 pounds of trash out of the river on Sept. 12.
The list of what came out included 191 tires, the largest weighing 1,445 pounds, three engine blocks, the heaviest at 775 pounds, 16,170 pounds of trash, and 75,328 pounds of metal sent to recycling. Ostovar called it the biggest community day yet. The river is cleaner by that haul. It is not finished.
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