Battle Mountain community cleans up for Earth Day

Battle Mountain community cleans up for Earth Day

Battle Mountain community cleans up for Earth Day

The weather improved enough for all ages to gather for the Battle Mountain Band's Environmental Earth Day clean-up. The Earth Day event occurred April, 26 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and started on Allen Road and ended on Old I-80 (in front of the Smoke Shop). Several bags of garbage were filled with litter and disposed of.

Earth Day 2014 T-shirts were supplied by the Environmental Department along with gift boxes for the kids. Several items were raffled while everyone enjoyed a potluck barbecue.

Juan Martinez, the BLM Native liaison, introduced himself, gave a presentation and also handed out items to the children.

Brittany Tybo from ITCN WIC (Women, Infants & Children) enlightened the crowd with details of her program and was available to answer questions.

A good time was had by all and the Environmental Department would like to thank the community members and kids who came out to celebrate Earth Day and participated in making a cleaner environment!

The Band would also like to thank to the local businesses who donated raffle and barbecue items in support of our annual event.[[In-content Ad]]