Bristol returns for spring cleanup of Beluga Point

When spring arrives, Bristol employees remember their commitment to help keep Alaska clean by picking up trash at Beluga Point, a popular viewing area along one of the nation’s most scenic highways, just south of Anchorage.

Bristol volunteers regularly clean up the Chugach State Park property as part of Bristol’s commitment to community service. This spring, 10 employees volunteered to help with the annual cleanup, which took about two hours—together hauling out five full bags of trash, said Sarah Johnson. Volunteers will return to clean up Beluga Point again this fall.

Beluga Point is a popular viewing area at Mile 110.5 of the Seward Highway scenic byway. The site, which is named for the beluga whales that frequent Cook Inlet, overlooks Turnagain Arm and is part of the Alaska State Parks system.

Volunteers for 2008 included (front row, from left): staff engineer David Squier, AutoCAD technician Buddy Roehl, environmental scientist Eric Barnhill and site safety and health officer Craig Bledsoe.
(back row, from left) staff engineer Kyle Peterson, project assistant Colette Brooke, wetlands scientist Michelle Sturdy, receptionist Sarah Johnson, GL accounting specialist Deb Hines, and environmental technician Melodee Carlson. 

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