Needed a break from the river today. I decided to take Penny to Tuscarora State Park and clean part of the shoreline. It was extremely hot, isn't it supposed to be cooling down by now? We walked the trail down the bank then headed down to the area around the outflow pipe at the bottom of the dam, which generally has a bit of trash. In total I collected almost half a bag of recyclables and a little more than a backpack full of garbage.
View of the lake towards the dam.
Fishing line kills wildlife and there was a lot of it on the bank. I wish someone would explain this to me. If people like the outdoors, enjoy going fishing, why do they leave so much trash behind? It's not just one person. It's many. Where is the conservation ethic that should go hand and hand with being a sportsman?
There were a few bunches of line like this hung in the low brush just off the bank.
I can't stress how hot it was. Penny even took a dip in this pool and she doesn't even like water. There was something cool here though and if you look closely you can see the cold air coming out of the pipe.
Lots of trash between the rocks. These are not items that have come from the lake about, the water never gets that high in this area to deposit them there. This is all stuff that someone probably fishing in this pool has left behind.
People always seem to think that if the shove trash down a hole it is taken care of. It isn't and in some cases it is impossible for other to remove the items. In this case I was only able to reach so far between these rocks, you can see in the after photo the items that were just too far in there.
The pile on the right are all the non-recyclables taken out from between the rocks in the previous two photos. There was a good bit in there and some plastic bottles too.
Discovered this on the way out. Somehow it found its way into the overflow spillway.
Not sure where I am headed tomorrow. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Comments are always welcome.
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