Since it is getting cooler out and with a chance of rain both yesterday and today I decided to stay off the water. Yesterday I ended up not going out at all and today I went with a small local clean-up at Tuscarora State Park. The main picnic season has just about wrapped up, so I hit the area around the beach where most people like to go during the summer.
The leafs seem to be turning quickly now. Just a couple weeks ago there was no color here, but green, in the canopy.
There are a lot of trash cans in the park and there is pretty much one at every exit from the trails to the parking lot. Yet, still people come to the park, enjoy the great outdoors and just leave their trash next to the lakeside or on the trails. I would really like to know how we can change this. There has to be something that can be done to get people to care just a little bit.
More fishing line. Some of what I found today wrapped in trees was really perplexing as to how it could have actually been done on accident. I have to start to remember to bring a pocket knife with me. With the braided line it would make getting it untangled much easier.
Looking up the lake to its source. It did rain for a short period, never came down to heavy though.
Cans, bottles and fishing items were about it today. Except for...
This is still there. Sitting not far from the beach. I still refuse to dispose of these. It is nice to know that there a parents out there that are so lazy that they choose to put others children at risk instead of disposing of a diaper properly. Goose waste isn't the only thing that can promote the growth of E. coli. If you know irresponsible people with babies, please inform them that there so many diapers in our State Parks that is unsafe to take their children there. This may reduce those who leave diapers in our parks.
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