Monique Chapman, a member of the Ocean Bridge conservation program, organized an ice road clean up on April 6.

The clean up was aimed at collecting trash from the Dettah ice road and surrounding shore lines.

The main trash collection efforts started at the Rotary Park ice road entrance, with some participants going as far as Dettah to collect.

Others participants started at the halfway point to Dettah and worked their way back.

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Chapman kicked off the event by providing everyone with safety vests, garbage bags, gloves and a safety talk about the ice road.

Approximately 20 people showed up to collect.

One of them was Lucero Hernandez.

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Participants were met with free coffee and snacks donated by Javaroma and Co-op after the cleanup was complete at 3 p.m.

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The ice road clean up was the first of many events Chapman will be organizing this year.

Her goal is to get youth involved in ocean and waterway conservation.

More information about the Ocean Bridge conservation program can be found on at.