{"id":2458415,"date":"2020-05-13T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325663"},"modified":"2020-05-13T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T04:30:00","slug":"basalt-will-salvage-the-annual-fryingpan-river-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/basalt-will-salvage-the-annual-fryingpan-river-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Basalt will salvage the annual Fryingpan River cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/fryingpan-atd-051420-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Volunteers on the Fryingpan Cleanup last year get unexpected assistance while picking up trash along the Fryingpan River. The event was salvaged for 2020.<\/strong><br \/><em>Roaring Fork Conservancy\/courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The show almost didn\u2019t go on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Fryingpan River Cleanup is typically held in April on a weekend near Earth Day, but that was impractical this year with the COVID-19 crisis. The date came and went, then Roaring Fork Conservancy staffers decided to revive the tradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe more we started thinking about it, we said, \u2018This really needs to happen,\u2019\u201d said Christina Medved, director of community outreach. \u201cThis is the 22nd annual cleanup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The tradition continues with some major alterations. It won\u2019t be focused on one massive day that brings <a id=\"N0x1e4f460N0x1de3890:N0x1e4f460N0x1ebaaa8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/near-record-crowd-chips-in-for-basalts-fryingpan-river-cleanup\/\">more than 200 volunteers<\/a> together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Instead, volunteers are being enlisted to pick up trash during daylight hours May 18 to 22. Pre-registration will be required for people who want to clean up along Frying Pan Road and along the Roaring Fork River in Basalt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Roaring Fork Conservancy will be able to assign people different stretches of the rivers at a level appropriate with social-distancing requirements. If people want to clean up a specific stretch of the river frontage or roads, they can make a request. Assignments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Volunteers will be given instructions via email on where to pick up trash bags and vests along with their assignments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Trash can be left along Frying Pan Road and will be picked up by Eagle County starting at 2 p.m. Thursday. Any trash collected after that along Frying Pan Road must be brought to Basalt and deposited in a dumpster provided by the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Only family members and people who have been sheltering at home together should work in groups. Participants must be 6 years and older and everyone 6 to 12 years of age must be supervised by immediate family members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">People are also encouraged to pick up trash along the Roaring Fork River outside of the Basalt town limits next week. The entire effort will give folks something to do outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe think right now is a good time for this,\u201d Medved said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Weekdays were selected for the cleanup because of the uncertainty over how many people will be traveling into and out of the area during Memorial Day Weekend, which starts May 23. In addition, if the event was held at all, it needed to be held prior to high water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The cleanup has been a community gathering and incredibly social event over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cLast year, we had over 200 people come to the cleanup,\u201d Medved said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The event traditionally featured breakfast served by the Basalt Lions Club in the morning and a gathering of weary participants at Lions Park in the afternoon. Large social gatherings are prohibited this year but the organizers are striving for a different kind of camaraderie. They are urging participants to post their photos on their personal social media accounts and tag them with #roaringforkconservancy and #odellbrewing. Photos should also be emailed to Medved at <a href=\"mailto:christina@roaringfork.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">christina@roaringfork.org<\/a> by noon May 26 to be entered into a prize drawing. Photos can be of unusual trash discovered, Herculean efforts to retrieve it or anything else entertaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">More information on the event is posted at <a id=\"N0x1e4f460N0x1de39b0:N0x1e4f460N0x1ebb1f8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roaringfork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roaringfork.org<\/a> as well as a link to register.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/basalt-will-salvage-the-annual-fryingpan-river-cleanup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers on the Fryingpan Cleanup last year get unexpected assistance while picking up trash along the Fryingpan River. The event was salvaged for 2020.Roaring Fork Conservancy\/courtesy photo The show almost didn\u2019t go on. The Fryingpan River Cleanup is typically held in April on a weekend near Earth Day, but that was impractical this year with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 16:29:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}