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Name:	bama dave -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 5:20:30 PM

I've been lurking here since I started advertising, hope nobody minds. I have been following the post on trash on the lake. I, like everyone else, hates to see trash in the lake. Not everyone means to litter, stuff blows out of boats every once in awhile, but I place most of the blame on boaters and fishermen that don't live on the lake. I feel their attitude is they can't see it from their house.
I live on Logan Martin and see my share of trash on the lake. It reminds me of the commercial with the Native American with tears in his eyes when he saw trash on the land. I started a program with my children and the neighborhood kids that play on PWC's and save the parents some money at the same time.
It goes like this: all trash is worth points depending on size of the trash. Small trash=1 point, drink bottles=2 points, anything larger than a bottle= 3 points. 100 points = $1.00
My thinking is if they are picking up trash, they aren't going wide open, thus saving me money, and they compete to see who can pick up the most trash. What I have paid out doesn't come close to what I have saved in fuel cost. You ought to see the smile on the kids face when they bring in a load of trash. But the biggest accomplishment from this is I have passed on the desire to the kids to help keep their back yard clean. Before this, they would just go by the trash. I treat the lake as I do my yard, if someone threw trash in the yard, I'd pick it up. Well, the lake is my back yard so I pick it up also, not just the clean-up weekend.

Name:	Mack -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 6:24:22 PM

Watching from my porch, I see boaters chop throttle, circle around and pick up a floating soda can. Time and time again in 18 years. Still happening. Even at AquaPaloosa!!
There are many, many visitors/residents on LM who really do Care about trash.
I fear that over-development/sewage disposal is the silent culprit that will eventually damage our slice of heaven. The same culprit that makes Lake Lanier sometimes unsafe to swim in.

Name:	mckaygmc -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 8:21:20 PM

As a person who doesn't live on the lake. I do ALOT of picking up of trash on the lake. Just because I don't live on the lake or for that matter afford to live on it deosn't mean I don't like a nice place to hang out on the weekends.

Name:	LoveManoy -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 9:08:24 PM

We keep trash bags on our boats to pick up what we see. We often stop on islands to pick up whatever we can. I agree that some trash blows off of boats and is not intentional. However, some of the "stuff" I have picked up is intentional and disgusting....old tires, paint cans, oil containers, etc. We even spent several hours picking up an old dishwasher that was dumped! This lake is ours and we need to protect it and spend some time cleaaning it!

Name:	alabound -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 10:14:49 PM

GEESE ARE HORRIBLE AND A GROWING PROBLEM!!!! RESPOND PLEASE!!

Name:	PC Al -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/11/2009 10:28:44 PM

Sounds like a great idea Dave.

Name:	Maddog -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/12/2009 6:56:23 AM

We're not fulltimers yet. However, we spend 95% of our weekends and several weeks per year at the lake. We have a place in the Sandy Creek area and try to keep the lake and roads as clean as possible. We keep a fish dip net on the pontoon to pick up floating trash while we are on the water. The wife and I walk/run alot in the Youngs Ferry Rd/Dare Park area. When we walk, we take along a trash bag and pick up discarded items along the roadside. I also pick up aluminum cans for a couple that has a sick child and little or no insurance. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps.

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	What bothers me
Date:	8/12/2009 8:42:37 AM

At Aquapalooza all the cigarette butts that were floating in the water was unbelievable. As we swam around the boat I collected several cups full. They will not sink and they will take 100's if not 1000's of years to go away on the shoreline. SO PLEASE get an ashtray cup holder for your boat and guest.
Thanks in Advance! : )

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	What bothers me
Date:	8/12/2009 8:42:54 AM

Name:	ecstasypoint -	Reply
Subject:	Keeping the lake clean
Date:	8/12/2009 9:11:39 AM

I love this Dave. Great in a million ways. Thank you.

Name:	AUCATZ -	Reply
Subject:	Not only the lake body...
Date:	8/12/2009 9:59:44 AM

but the islands and shorelines also. Campers leave huge messes. We pulled up to a sandy beach near the eagle's nest past Chimney Rock a couple of weeks ago, and there were bottles, cans, paper plates, and all other types of trash around a campsite and firepit. Couldn't let the dog out except in the water because of the glass, etc.

Name:	Wakely -	Reply
Subject:	What bothers me
Date:	8/12/2009 11:23:05 AM

I agree, and have always been amazed at people who wouldn't otherwise litter who think that it's okay to toss a cigarette butt into the lake. But I guess I shouldn't give smokers any credit for being smart, because if they were, they wouldn't be smokers.

Name:	Waterholic -	Reply
Subject:	Not only the lake body...
Date:	8/13/2009 2:21:25 PM

Totally agree with AUCATZ. We live in the Sturdivant Creek area and often use the boat ramp at the end of Sturdivant Road. Many people (I assume non-residents) use this area for fishing and swimming. I am always amazed and disgusted by the amount and variety of trash left by these people. Among other things, beer cans, liqour bottles, old clothes and dirty diapers. Whatever happened to the old adage "if you can carry it in, you can carry it out"? Unfortunately, I suspect that the people responsible for most of the littering are probably not reading this forum. So, I guess we'll just keep picking up after them. This beautiful lake of ours certainly warrants it!

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