If Snohomish River campaign passes, polluters could be held accountable

EVERETT — Over the past decade, Snohomish resident Doug Ewing, with the help of other local environmental advocates, has filled about 76 pickup truck beds with trash from the Snohomish River.

He and about a dozen volunteers from local sustainability group Green Snohomish typically gather once a month at different river access points. They regularly find fishing lures, bottles and tarps in and around the waterway that stretches from near Monroe out to Everett, where it meets Puget Sound.

“I continue to be concerned about the river,” Ewing said. “It’s not just from the standpoint of the garbage I pick up. I am concerned about the increase in large motorboats that are creating wakes that damage the shoreline, and just the noise of it.”

A new initiative, if passed this summer, would allow Everett officials to hold polluters accountable.

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