The Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) is set to tackle what it says is the biggest encampment cleanup it has ever undertaken.

President Kane Blake and other members toured the site near Okanagan Falls on Sunday, Nov. 12.

害羞草研究所淭he camp is full of travel trailers, cars, motorhomes, metal, tons and tons of garbage, and even hidden underground locations,害羞草研究所� Blake said.

Pictures posted to the OFTF website show a second mess, believed to have been left by the same people, a few kilometres up the road.

It consists of burnt vehicles, garbage, and a cage with a sign that says 害羞草研究所榳arning rattlesnakes.害羞草研究所�

It害羞草研究所檚 also believed that the presence of these camps has led to multiple fires in the bush.

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Blake added that residents in the area have had enough.

害羞草研究所淎fter nearly four years the mess has gotten out of hand. It害羞草研究所檚 now one of our main priorities for the spring and is going to take a lot of planning.害羞草研究所�

Since Sep. 2016, the OFTF has cleaned up more than 815,000 pounds of garbage from the Okanagan backcountry.

害羞草研究所淲e are sadly on track to hit over one million pounds by next summer,害羞草研究所� Blake said. 害羞草研究所淲ithout all the members, community support, and partnered businesses like ABC Recycling and Norval rentals none of this would be possible.害羞草研究所�

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