Staff from Parks Canada and the municipality picked up 3,015 kilograms of garbage during Stewardship Day, June 1.
According to Janet Cooper, Jasper鈥檚 environmental stewardship coordinator, that鈥檚 975 kilograms more than last year. The crew also collected 3,351 empty beverage containers鈥攎ostly booze bottles.
鈥淲e find everything and pick everything up. Stewardship Day really makes the park look clean as visitors come through,鈥� said Cooper, 鈥淓veryone who works in these organizations takes a lot of pride in the park.鈥�
The annual event is part of Environment Week, which ran from June 8 to 11.
Along with cleaning up the park鈥檚 highways, Christine Nadon, the town鈥檚 communications manager, said the event is a good way to strengthen the partnership between Parks and the municipality.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a great way to meet new people that you wouldn鈥檛 necessarily work with,鈥� Nadon said. 鈥淲e are all partners in environmental stewardship so this is a good way to team up and work towards our common goal.鈥�
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