Kenny Blohm, 5, throws two beer bottles into the trash bag his father, Eric, holds open on the south shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday. The cleanup at the reservoirs was part of a week-long event taking place throughout the Fountain Creek Watershed.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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John Lydiatt pets his german shorthair pointer Jaxy while waiting for the Creek Week cleanup to get underway on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Lydiatt heard about the cleanup from the organizers at Anglers Covey.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Kenny Blohm, 5, carries a bag of trash that he gathered on the shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Jon Easdon, a guide at Anglers Covey, organizes volunteers into three groups to clean each of the reservoirs off Pikes Peak Highway on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. The groups split up from the parking lot to clean up Crystal Creek Reservoir, North Catamount Reservoir and South Catamount Reservoir.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Falasca and his son Nihar, 8, carry trash out of a stand of aspens on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. 50 volunteers showed up for the Creek Week cleanup, up from 36 the previous year.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Barbara Falasca uses a stick to pull a plastic bottle from Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday. Anglers Covey organized the cleanup.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Kenny Blohm, 5, grabs trash from the shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir while his father, Eric, holds open a trash bag on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Eric Blohm carries a bag of trash and a torn up tire back towards the parking lot at Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday. Volunteers collected more than 12 bags of trash from Crystal Creek, North Catamount and South Catamount reservoirs.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Falasca and his son Nihar, 8, walk along a path in Pike National Forest near Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Volunteers tried to take different routes near the reservoirs to gather as much trash as possible.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Nihar Falasca, 8, pulls a trash bag from a pine tree south of Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Nihar is a bear scout with Troop 73 in Colorado Springs.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Eric Blohm, Kenny Blohm, 5, and Nihar Falasca, 8, walk along the shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir looking for trash on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Falasca and his son Nihar, 8, navigate a rough path along the south shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Volunteers walked the shores and paths around the reservoirs filling backs and buckets with trash.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Kenny Blohm, 5, throws away a deflated party balloon he found under a tree along the shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Eric Blohm helps his son Kenny, 5, put on a Creek Week face mask at the Crystal Creek Reservoir parking lot on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. The Blooms heard about the Creek Week cleanup through Kenny's boy scout troop.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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