Dozens of volunteers spent Saturday hauling trash out of Idaho’s high desert, working to clean up a heavily littered stretch of public land north of Caldwell near Sand Hollow.
The cleanup was organized through the grassroots group 208Cleanup, led by Idahoan Mike Long, who has been coordinating volunteer efforts across the state. This particular site spans roughly 20,000 acres, making it one of the largest projects the group has taken on.
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Volunteers tackle massive illegal dumping site in Payette County high desert
Volunteers from across the Treasure Valley showed up early, forming a steady line of cars as they made their way into the rolling desert hills…