Picking up garbage in the woods.

I have gone fishing 4 times so far this spring. I have not caught much yet, but I have had a good time being out wetting a line. The weather is getting better here in Idaho and the fishing is starting to improve. I have also had to pick up a bunch of garbage left behind by some inconsiderate jackass. I am tired of having to pack someone elses garbage home to put in my trash. Why is it so hard for people to just pick up after themselves? I stopped for a short time at Wilson Spring Ponds in Nampa. The ponds are right across the street from the Fish and Game office. There are trash cans and restrooms there and I still had to pick up garbage to put in the trash cans.

I keep  a couple of plastic grocery bags in my truck and in my day packs for when I am out and about. They are light and take up little room so I have something to put trash in. I am amazed at the complete lack of regard for the outdoors, and the other people that use the fishing holes, trails and camping areas. Those that do not pick up after themselves make all of us that enjoy the outdoors look like a bunch of inconsiderate slobs. The people that want to stop us from using the outdoors for hunting, and fishing see the garbage left behind and use it as evidence that outdoors people do not care about the environment or anything else. They do not see me picking up a bag of garbage left by others, but if I do not happen by a location and clean it up before they get there they will notice the garbage that was left. This is a simple problem to solve, and yet it is one that still plagues us. If everyone that  goes hunting, fishing, hiking, camping would leave the area they are at in a cleaner state than they found it this problem would go away. I will continue to clean up after the inconsiderate and I will continue to be unhappy about doing it.

Jeff

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