Officials with the United States Forest Service along with volunteers were out cleaning up Peavine Mountain Saturday morning, in the Carson Ranger District.
On the outside the event may look like a group of people coming together to clean up trash.
But it's more than that, the Forest Service is asking people to help keep Peavine Mountain clean.
"Make sure to clean up after yourself, remove any trash you left in the area. So that everyone can enjoy the same type of environment that you just enjoyed yourself," says Brian Hansen a Recreation officer for the Carson Ranger District.
A lot of people go to Peavine Mountain to use the land for recreational use.
Whether that means for target shooting, camping, hiking or other outdoor activities. But over time the trash left behind begins to mile up.
"It's just over the course of many months, that we have had this build up of trash. And typically we try to come clean up the peavine area and other parts of the forest a couple times a year," Hansen says.
One volunteer who came out Saturday says he often uses National Forest lands for camping. But he says due to trash many public lands are being shut down. He adds that he doesn't want to see that happen to Peavine Mountain.
"A lot of them are getting shut down because if this reason, people leaving trash behind. Our motto is to leave it cleaner than it was when you showed up," says Ken Brackett.
Hansen says they could always use more hands to help keep recreational areas across Northern Nevada trash free.
If you would like to get involved in the next clean-up Hansen says you can contact the Forest Service in Sparks or the Carson District to let them know you are interested.
