RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Almost 100 volunteers showed up Saturday for the first-ever Frontier Project and San Bernardino County Special Districts’ Community Clean-Up of the Etiwanda Preserve.
The hardy workers picked up trash and removed non-native plant species.
Among the participants were four Boy Scout troops, numbers 555, 303, 652 and 2000, Girl Scout Troop 1062-4, the Los Osos Grizzly Green Team and employee groups from Prudential Realty and CDM, a consulting and engineering firm.
Officials from San Bernardino County provided a brief orientation, and by 9:30 a.m., volunteers were hard at work.
“This is a great turnout,” said Tim Millington, regional manager, San Bernardino County Special Districts. “We are extremely pleased with our partnership with the Frontier Project and the Cucamonga Valley Water District to serve our communities by keeping the preserve clean and usable by all.”
Los Osos High Green Team President Jeffrey Graham, an 11th-grader, said, “We’re taking part in the cleanup to provide a cleaner environment for the citizens of Rancho Cucamonga.”
Frontier Project Foundation Chairman Randall Reed and Vice Chairwoman Kathy Tiegs participated in the cleanup.
“We could not have picked a better day to have so many volunteers spend their morning helping out at the preserve,” said Reed. “This type of cleanup helps protect our watersheds, and really shows the spirit of the community.”
The cleanup was part of the Frontier Project’s Sustainable Saturday Series, sponsored by the Bank of America Foundation.
Information or photos from the cleanup: www.frontierproject.org.