Friends of the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery and East Jordan Cub Scout Pack #17 cleaned up a portion of the Jordan River Pathway and the North Country Trail as part of Earth Day. FWS photo by Peg Myers, Friends of the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery

On Earth Day weekend, East Jordan Cub Scout Pack 17 joined the Friends of the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery, for the second year in a row, to do a good deed in the Jordan Valley. 

Scouts and Friends cleaned up litter and cleared downed trees and branches from the Friends Group’s adopted 2.5 mile section of the Jordan River Pathway/North Country Trail. 

Through this act of stewardship the Scouts earned achievements in both hiking and trail clearing.  Back at the hatchery, the Scouts enjoyed a lunch of hot dogs, Cub Scout Master Jon Sumner’s famous beans and stew, and ice cream sundaes. 

The event ended with Biologist John Johnston leading a tour of the hatchery, including watching staff do sample counts of yearling lake trout to be stocked in Lake Michigan the following day.