Local Earth Day cleanup set
- A Powder Basin Watershed Council cleanup is scheduled for April 25 at Geiser-Pollman Park in Baker City. (lagrandeobserver.com) - Participants are asked to meet at 10 a.m. to help remove trash and restore riparian areas. (lagrandeobserver.com) - The event is one example of this year's Earth Day focus on local, hands-on conservation activities. (lagrandeobserver.com)
A Baker City cleanup along the Powder River is set for Saturday, April 25, with volunteers meeting at 10 a.m. at Geiser-Pollman Park. (goeasternoregon.com) The cleanup is being organized by the Powder Basin Watershed Council, Baker City Downtown and North 7 Brewing Co. Organizers said volunteers should gather at the park pavilion at 1723 Madison St. and plan to work until 1 p.m. (goeasternoregon.com) The work is aimed at trash removal along the river corridor and nearby downtown areas. Organizers said bags, gloves and grabbers will be provided, and asked volunteers to wear closed-toe shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. (elkhornmediagroup.com) Geiser-Pollman Park sits on the Powder River near Baker City’s downtown corridor and connects to the Leo Adler Parkway by footbridge. The city says the park fronts Campbell, Grove and Madison streets and hosts many of Baker City’s public events. (bakercity.com) The cleanup lands in the week of Earth Day, which falls on Wednesday, April 22, in 2026. Earth Day’s 2026 campaign says this year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet” and highlights volunteer action in local communities. (earthday.org) For the watershed council, the event fits its regular work in the Powder Basin, a northeastern Oregon watershed that the group says includes about 3,500 miles of streams across Baker, Union, Malheur and Wallowa counties. The council says its projects include water-quality monitoring, restoration and public outreach. (powderbasinwatershedcouncil.org, powderbasinwatershedcouncil.org) A volunteer listing for the event says last year’s cleanup removed nearly 200 pounds of trash from 1.8 miles of the Powder River in Baker City. That posting says advance registration is encouraged but not required for this year’s effort. (volunteer.solve.org) Organizers asked participants to park at the Baker County Library or along Campbell, Madison or Grove streets. By early afternoon on April 25, the goal is to leave a busy stretch of the Powder River cleaner heading into spring. (goeasternoregon.com, elkhornmediagroup.com)
