Students clean up along Highway 530

Even along some of Wyoming's most desolate highways, hints of human civilization can still be found.

Trash including drink bottles, shredded tires, plastic grocery bags, snack wrappers and more can be found along any road in the Cowboy State. While many drive along and shake their heads at the sight, a few take matters into their own hands and pick up what others carelessly leave behind.

Last week, students from Expedition Academy spent a few hours bagging garbage left behind on a two-mile stretch of Wyoming Highway 530 south of Green River. Working between mile markers 20 and 22, the stude...