That is a brief look at what has been going on at my site. From my past visits I have noticed an increase in non-natural substances located in my section of the stream and the surrounding area. Of what substance do you speak? I am speaking of the substance known as trash or litter. It is everywhere and because of it's presence, instead of being filled with peace, I am filled with anger, when looking at my site. It is quite clear that human beings still don't understand anything about their natural surroundings, how can this be? There are several things within and without our education that teach us to not litter. It is a very simple concept and seeing as we don't live in the " stone Age" a concept that is easy to follow. There are trash bins and dumpsters provided for the very use of keeping trash in a designated container that will be emptied periodically.
On the second visit there were two ducks waddling around, it was mostly cloudy, there was lots of snow, and my part of the stream had lots of debris that blocked most of the water flow. Thankfully some of the trash had been removed from my site. The two trees still have some leaves hanging in there. I kind of want to get some dirt from my site to see what we will see with our dirt from our land. It would be interesting to see how the stream effects it either in a good or bad way. And of course the trash.
I like the idea of comparing dirt from your phenology site with the soil we are investigating from our home locations.
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Why do you think so much more litter is accumulating in the creek now than there was in the fall? Could it have something to do with the snow? With residential run-off when the snow melts? With the ways the park gets used when it snows? I'd like you to think about this and see what you come up with. Also, let's start taking some gloves and bags out with us so we can clean it up =)
That would be great if we could clean up as well as do phenology at the same time! I think the reason for the growth in trash in the Park is due to the weather. Most people don't want to be outside when it is cold so people could just be to lazy to throw their trash away but, the weather has been reasonable. It must have something to do with the wind or snow or both I suppose. Residential run off also would be a big factor in this seeing as the Park is sloped toward the south. Still its probably a bunch of lazy people.
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