Never seen a sign like this, but I've seen the reason they exist. A sign of things to come.
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Never seen a sign like this, but I've seen the reason they exist. A sign of things to come.
Can't see the pics
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Neither can I.
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sadly... slobs abound everywhere. They don't seem to care about the mess they make or destruction they cause
Should be a hunting season on them!
Should be a hunting season on them!
I think it's fairly optimistic to believe that anyone that ignorant would pay attention to a sign.
We have to teach this generation to clean up their mess. We had anti-littering campaigns for years and environmental advertising. We need to do it again.
I am currently reading a collection of nature writing from two former Algonquin Park naturalists and one of the first reads was something written several decades ago. As long ago as the 60's there was a need for LNT. Heck, there's a need for it everywhere everyday not just in camping country. My wife complained just the other day that on her daily walks at lunchtime she's seeing more and more disposable gloves and masks disposed of on the ground willy nilly negligently everywhere. A sign of Covid 19? It's not a sign of the times but a sign of some human's nature. There is a colloquial term for this mental disconnect that some suffer from, denying them what otherwise might be regarded as just plain common sense. It's called crap for brains.
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This is nothing new. I took some white water training about 20 years ago on the French River. I asked one of the instructors what all the brown and white flowers were along the shoreline. He told me to paddle closer and have a look. It was toilet paper and feces. All over the place. Gross.
My first run down the Saco River in Maine was an eye opener especially since we went in Dec. Piles of feces everywhere with TP frozen in the ground. We found a relatively "clean" spot to camp across from the Old Course but when I crawled out of my tent in the morning there frozen in the ground was used condom. Not a good sight to see!
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Yep. If you need to say "DO NOT shoot trees" there may be a bigger issue and I think it may be worse than ignorance.
This happened recently near one of my put-ins at a local park.
I wonder about security cameras and hefty fines.
The riverbanks have been somewhat cleaner with Riverkeepers running monitor. And the locals not happy with camping have posted almost all of the river between Canal Run and Walkers Bridge that is not owned by Fiddle Head campground that owns both banks for several miles and wants their money.
The drinking is a little better controlled now that Fryeburg has a police boat.
Yet still it is not advisable to run the Saco after a flood as stuff in the woods goes downriver.
Fortunately I can run it as a day paddle. Not my cuppa camping anymore
As a high school senior in April 1970, I cut school for the day and with a girl I liked, attended the very first Earth Day celebration in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. I was encouraged that my generation would now take the advice of Rachel Carson in Silent Spring, and take responsibility for what we put into the environment. That fall in college in Vermont, the state instituted the first bottle and can deposit law in order to curtail the littering of it's roadways.
Well, 50 years later, that girl is my wife, but the other stuff?... hasn't really worked out so well. It's shameful what gets littered and left behind by humans; even the ones who visit the backcountry places we all love so much. It's discouraging to say the least! The bottom line is we can lead by example and I'm sure those of us here on this forum do so.
Well, 50 years later, that girl is my wife, but the other stuff?... hasn't really worked out so well. It's shameful what gets littered and left behind by humans; even the ones who visit the backcountry places we all love so much. It's discouraging to say the least! The bottom line is we can lead by example and I'm sure those of us here on this forum do so.
The road across from us is a farm road. I've been policing up Coleman fuel bottles for over a week. I gave up on the fast food trash except the KFC, which contains bones that can kill my dog. Styrofoam sheets, old couches, dumping of all kinds happens at night. The wooded area next to the road looks like the third world. We thought about adopting it, but I'm already convinced that human stupidity is infinite. It would just irritate me more I'm sure.
My big question is what is someone using Coleman fuel bottles for that they have to throw them on the same stretch daily?
My big question is what is someone using Coleman fuel bottles for that they have to throw them on the same stretch daily?
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aah the mysteries of litter. For the longest time we were picking up Coors and Bud Lite beer cans empty with sticks sticking out of the top. I never figured out that one!
I wouldn't take my wife to Algonquin, most of the sites have TP left around the perimeter, and most there are no feces so it's not just a guy thing.
