LANSING– Motorists should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out along state roadways from Calumet to Kalamazoo picking up litter. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) program will clean highway roadsides from July 17 to 25 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year.

Every year, Adopt-A-Highway volunteers regularly collect more than 60,000 bags of trash. The popular program began in 1990 and has grown to involve more than 2,900 groups cleaning more than 6,000 miles of highway.

Getting involved in the program is straightforward. Volunteers include members of civic groups, businesses and families.