09/20/2026
Yesterday, on September 19th, Web Of Life Society joined Boro and Beyond Media for a huge multi-location cleanup on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam!
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Web Of Life organized a small side quest cleanup in a section of forest that has been on our radar for quite a while. You can see the results with two amazing volunteers who put in hard work to help extract it from the forest 🫶
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The main abandoned encampment we cleaned up was barely visible during the first survey work and was completely buried in years of needle duff and moss. One volunteer verified the date of an old stick of deodorant we found at the camp to somewhere between 2007 and 2010, meaning this encampment and all the trash has been sitting in the forest for potentially 16-19 years!!
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We love doing this work, and making a tangible impact in our ecosystems for all the wildlife, the beautification, and reducing microplastics from entering the soil and moving up the food chain, and also preventing harmful chemicals and plastics from getting into our sensitive waterways
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We have another massive cleanup along the northern Coquitlam River for BC River's Day on September 27th with Captain Scott Legacy Society , and invasive species removal and restoration events planned for this October in Port Coquitlam with Captain Scott Legacy, as well as another big shoreline cleanup in Richmond for October 11th. Check back for event announcements or reach out for signup links. Huge thanks to Boro & Beyond Media for organizing this amazing Burke Mountain cleanup, and stay tuned for their post covering the main event!