Volunteers canoe, clean up at Vancouver Lake

Fruit Valley — The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership hosted its Paddle, Pick Up and Picnic event Sept. 23 at Vancouver Lake. The partnership had 68 people come out for a day filled with canoe trips, beach and park cleanup and children’s nature activities. Throughout the day, the partnership offered up six canoe paddles on 29-foot canoes, and volunteers picked up 34 bags of trash.