RAPID CITY, S.D. — The second annual Earth Day Trail Challenge kicks off on Friday in Rapid City.
The goal is easy. You hike alongside three particular trails, selecting up rubbish you discover alongside the best way till you discover the “Happy Earth Day” signal on the path.
After you discover the signal, take a selfie. Present your selfie on the Outdoor Campus West, the place you’ll obtain a particular Rapid City Earth Day pin.
The trails are the Outdoor Campus West Nature Trail, the Forest Hills Loop on Skyline Hills Wilderness Trail, and The Blizzard Trail on the Hansen-Larson Memorial Park.
Ria Harper with Rapid City Solid Waste says that whereas it’s a terrific alternative to clear up the extra in style trails, it additionally offers the possibility to clear up the roads much less traveled.
“Sometimes you already know we will simply discover that stuff that’s actually dug down in the path and you already know if it’s someplace that not lots of people go, then you already know it’s a fair greater when you already know we will maintain that, as we’re mountaineering via,” Harper stated.
The problem begins on Friday (Earth Day) and wraps up on the finish of May.