That striking visual used be Oregon to Washington.When I lived there, Vermont had a bottle bill and New Hampshire did not. It was very striking to drive across the state line and immediately see much more roadside litter on the NH side of the line. One time after Vermont's reggae fest, I picked up 4 trash bags of beer cans and turned them in for for about $25.
I had no idea you had taken such beautiful pictures of the Spokane River riparian environment....would make a lovely 'covfefe table' book.Abandoned camps while fishing on USFS land and county parks. No telling what's in it or under the leaves that will kill me if I try to pack it out. I reported them all.
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I found this after a wildfire season where 800 acres burned and 4 homes were destroyed 12 miles away. The rim of the canyon 265 feet away from this camp is lined with condos and $600K to $1M homes on 1/4 acre lots.
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Abandoned camps while fishing on USFS land and county parks. No telling what's in it or under the leaves that will kill me if I try to pack it out. I reported them all.
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I found this after a wildfire season where 800 acres burned and 4 homes were destroyed 12 miles away. The rim of the canyon 265 feet away from this camp is lined with condos and $600K to $1M homes on 1/4 acre lots.
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Those are perfect examples of why we keep losing access to areas because of the POS that could care less about littering up a place.
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I've had to start buying access to get to a river on public land because it.
Oregon uses the courts that hand out "community service" sentence to form crews that pick-up trash along the public highways. If Washington adopts a bottle bill, it will take the pressure of returning cans off of Oregon. I do see some Washington plates on vehicles at the Oregon City BottleDrop.WSDOT can and should fund more litter patrol crews.
This and the rest of the west coast states have become full of the slime of the earth. It was amazing, I was back in Edina, MN a few weeks ago, went for a run and it was clean as can be. I saw 2 people holding signs. It’s a cultural problem we have here.That sucks.
I stopped by a place to check out the water on my way home this weekend. Its a constant battle to keep the place clean.
I picked up some litter in the parking area, but people continually throw garbage over the bluff. There will be litter there again if I stop by this weekend.
Its just a matter of time before access will be lost due to this issue.
SF
Abandoned camps while fishing on USFS land and county parks. No telling what's in it or under the leaves that will kill me if I try to pack it out. I reported them all.
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I found this after a wildfire season where 800 acres burned and 4 homes were destroyed 12 miles away. The rim of the canyon 265 feet away from this camp is lined with condos and $600K to $1M homes on 1/4 acre lots.
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This and the rest of the west coast states have become full of the slime of the earth. It was amazing, I was back in Edina, MN a few weeks ago, went for a run and it was clean as can be. I saw 2 people holding signs. It’s a cultural problem we have here.
Probably more backhoe owners there.My ex girlfriend lives in Minnesota and I spent a decent amount of time there. So much cleaner then here. Not even close.
Also saw park workers removing graffiti, which is just visual litter to me. The highway rest areas were very clean and well maintained. I saw the same thing in Wisconsin.
SF
As Newman and Kramer would tell you, it just doesn't 'pencil out' due to transportation overhead costs on bottle deposit refund interstate arbitrage schemes.I do see some Washington plates on vehicles at the Oregon City BottleDrop.
Yep lived back there for 14 years. Like I said, it’s a cultural problem here. B’ham is not the same town I grew up in, it’s disgusting.My ex girlfriend lives in Minnesota and I spent a decent amount of time there. So much cleaner then here. Not even close.
Also saw park workers removing graffiti, which is just visual litter to me. The highway rest areas were very clean and well maintained. I saw the same thing in Wisconsin.
SF
This scene kind of reminds me of the gal we saw on Highway 101 at Crescent Lake. One of the most beautiful spots in our state. She was standing outside her rig and tossed a bunch of litter on the ground. My buddy who was driving stopped and yelled at her to pick up her litter. She just hopped in her rig and drove off. Unfortunately we were towing our raft and there wasn’t a place to turn around quickly and chase her.
SF
I remember watching that mad Men episode years ago with my wife and we were both "WTF? Did that just happen?". Even as bad as people are about trash today, it's hard to imagine that level of littering happening now.
You then noticed I didn’t say immigration…the problem is internal not external.Memorial Day is like opening season for trashy dumper fucks. I’ve seen unbelievable amounts of trash left behind. Non-designated areas are the worst of course. There is no doubt it’s partially a generational thing.
I saw a comment on the “migration” issue when it comes to littering. Let’s not get it twisted. I see a lot of this coming from all types of folks so let’s not go there. All kinds of people are capable of being shit bags and from my perspective the bulk of it is done by a different breed. East side is just as bad as the west side.
Hot mushroom hunting tip: if you want to find a good chanterelle patch follow a main logging road till you hit that spur with the pile of busted up trash bags and fridge at the end. Honey hole is right down the ravine
I guess that went over my head. Not sure what you’re referring to then but no worries.You then noticed I didn’t say immigration…the problem is internal not external.