Keeping Colorados water clean in honor of Earth Day [Video]

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — April 22 is Earth Day, and people across Southern Colorado are spending their time picking up trash, planting trees, gardening, and conserving water.

The Fountain Creek Flood Control and Greenway Watershed District is hosting their annual community event to clean up the Pikes Peak region on Saturday, April 27.

“When was the best time to plant a tree, it was 20 years ago. So, the second-best time is today,” said Alli Schuch the Executive Director of the Fountain Creek Watershed.

During the cleanup, volunteers can pick up trash from more than twenty trails and waterways covering more than 927 square miles along Fountain Creek. The waterway runs from Colorado Springs all the way down to pueblo until it reached the Arkansas river.

“We also have folks that are still illegally dumping and putting trash out the window,” said Schuck.

Organizers said one of the biggest focuses is …