Lisa,
You are to be commended. I wish there were more like you! It's amazing the good will
a little hard work can accomplish, especially with the 'locals'...
-- Regards,Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://www.mapleleafup.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment http://www.1cacr.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TankNet Military Forums http://www.tanknet.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lisa wrote:
> The four wheel club I belong to, The Arizona Virtual Jeep Club, does just that. > During the cooler months, we organize cleanups of the most popular recreation > trails in our state. We noted that the trash was due to "party-ers", not your > average four-wheelers. Most of what we pick up is alcohol related. We post > pictures of our efforts on the web. We ask the forest and parks service to tell > us where the worst areas are so we can concentrate on them. Our efforts have > helped keep these areas open to us. It is a shame that we have to clean up after > others, but if that's what it takes to keep the areas open we will continue to > do it. > > NO WAY!! Please allow time for the message to get out---Don't trash our > wilderness! I would rather spend a weekend a month or so cleaning up the > wilderness so I can enjoy it rather than give up and lose another right. > Remember the t.v. commercials with the tearful Indian in the canoe paddling in a > polluted lake from the '70's? You used to always see lots of trash in rivers, > lakes, and along highways, but the Keep America Beautiful campaign was a > success. We need another success for the more remote areas, that's all.
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