| NWTFA hosted a work party at the North Arm trailhead near Boundary Creek on Saturday, October 21, 2023 to conduct an extensive site clean-up. Eleven volunteers, most of whom are members of NWFTA and/or CASARA, participated in the clean-up. We spent approximately 7 hours collecting a total of 1200 kg of junk and debris, sorting and loading it into trailers and dump trucks for removal, and transporting it all to Yellowknife for disposal. Garbage collected filled 3 trailers and 2 large dump trucks and included scrap metal, discarded building materials, broken-down snowmobiles, empty fuel barrels, 50 tires, old household appliances, and general litter. All metal refuse was delivered to the metal recycling depot and the remainder of the garbage was taken to the solid waste facility. NWTFA extends its thanks to Unsmoke Canada, The Great Outdoors Fund, the Department of Infrastructure of the Government of the Northwest Territories, the City of Yellowknife, and Precision North Recycling for their support of this project. As a result of their assistance and the collective effort of our volunteers, this site is once again a suitable and safe trailhead providing access to wilderness recreation in the North Arm area. View our photo gallery for more before, after and during pictures! Check out Cabin Radio's story "Aviators and volunteers remove tons of waste from North Arm trailhead" for more information about this project. |      |
