Maggie Leonhart, 11, drops a paper plate into a garbage bag that Elouise Duthie, 10, holds as children from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County pick up garbage along the Animas River on Wednesday. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Maggie Leonhart, 11, drops a paper plate into a garbage bag that Elouise Duthie, 10, holds as children from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County pick up garbage along the Animas River on Wednesday. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Kristin Nielsen, with the DoubleTree Hotel, talks with children from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County about the importance of clean water, ways to reduce trash and how everyone can help protect local waterways on Wednesday before starting to pick up garbage along the Animas River. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Kristin Nielsen, with the DoubleTree Hotel, talks with children from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County about the importance of clean water, ways to reduce trash and how everyone can help protect local waterways on Wednesday before starting to pick up garbage along the Animas River. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Quinn Henson, 11, left, Elouise Duthie, 10, center, and Maggie Leonhart, 11, from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, begin to pick up garbage along the Animas River on Wednesday. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Quinn Henson, 11, left, Elouise Duthie, 10, center, and Maggie Leonhart, 11, from the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, begin to pick up garbage along the Animas River on Wednesday. The children were participating in a hands-on community outreach event coordinated and hosted by the DoubleTree Hotel as part of the Hiltons Travel program. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca