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Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers
Feb 25^th, 2018 at 9:40pm

Have they installed any of these traps on rivers or streams in Wisconsin??

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ta6SLGGTQk

I've always wondered how many littering tickets are given every year in Wisconsin? Undecided

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tannin Dragon Fly Offline On Wisconsin! Posts: 1199	Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 9:48pm 1. Ingenious idea! 2. Probably not many littering tickets given. I think most litterbugs wait til no one is looking. 3. It's a shame that we live in a world in which some of us have to pick up after the others.
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Grizzly Thug WFFP Moderator Offline The Helpful Union Guys" - THUGS Posts: 3435 Land of Perpetually Offended Gender:	Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers Reply #2 - Feb 26^th, 2018 at 10:09am Nice Idea- maybe start using them on the rivers around Milwaukee. On the Blackfoot river in MT now they have bags they give rafters and fisherman to carry and drop off points for your trash that you pick-up drop a full bag off get a new empty bag to carry
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Whiskers Yellowbanks WFFP Administrator Offline A Poor, Dumb, Pass Lake Slob Posts: 10191 Merle, WI	Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers Reply #3 - Feb 26^th, 2018 at 11:37am Its an interesting idea. Urban waterways can be disaster areas. I was surprised at how much crap there was along the lower Gallatin in Belgrade.
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Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers
Reply #4 - Apr 3^rd, 2018 at 12:47pm

This mesh bag was given to me by a Wisconsin TU old-timer some years ago. It appears to be a 25-pound potato bag. I've noticed it carries more Mountain Dew cans than does my fishing net. Maybe some public-minded person or company could print up a bunch of them for distribution to anglers and paddlers, and get some free advertising.

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Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers
Reply #5 - Apr 4^th, 2018 at 5:58pm

The past three years on Earth Day April 22 I have gone and collected garbage by the bridge going into Goose Island Park and filled a big trash bag.

This year if the old body allows I am going to collect trash from the wild portion of La Crosse's urban Pammel Creek (half wild and half cement).

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No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot. -- Mark Twain
It's fundamental we begin to study mismanaged rivers and streams, because that's what we have.
Mother Nature always amazes me, but why is man such an idiot.-Slimy Sculpin-
LIFE IS A ONE TIME GIFT.
A GOOD DEED IS ALWAYS REWARDED.
We do not have to do great things, only small things with great love.-- Mother Teresa--
God Only Loves Fishermen. (GOLF)
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Blackdog1101 Midge Offline Fish on! Posts: 17 Gender:	Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers Reply #6 - Apr 4^th, 2018 at 6:47pm Littering is stupid and selfish. But what really kills me is when you find a sofa, range, drier, etc. in a stream. How do people think it’s ok to dump things like this? >:(
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tannin Dragon Fly Offline On Wisconsin! Posts: 1199	Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers Reply #7 - Apr 4^th, 2018 at 9:08pm A couple years ago I cleaned up the litter at every landing along a popular U.P. stream. There was a fair amount of it, but some of it was pretty old. I also cleaned up the litter at a bridge crossing on another stream, and found a $5.00 bill under one bunch of it.
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Reply #8 - Apr 10^th, 2018 at 9:04pm

Blackdog1101 wrote on Apr 4^th, 2018 at 6:47pm:

Littering is stupid and selfish. But what really kills me is when you find a sofa, range, drier, etc. in a stream. How do people think it’s ok to dump things like this? Angry

I spotted a washing machine by the bank of O'Neil Creek not far from my house this winter.

Too big for me to deal with by myself, I bugged the county until they went out and got it.

People make me scratch my head.

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Reply #9 - Apr 10^th, 2018 at 9:05pm

tannin wrote on Apr 4^th, 2018 at 9:08pm:

A couple years ago I cleaned up the litter at every landing along a popular U.P. stream. There was a fair amount of it, but some of it was pretty old. I also cleaned up the litter at a bridge crossing on another stream, and found a $5.00 bill under one bunch of it.

Karma. Absolutely pure Karma.

Love it.

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Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers
Reply #10 - Apr 11^th, 2018 at 12:47pm

Blackdog1101 wrote on Apr 4^th, 2018 at 6:47pm:

Littering is stupid and selfish. But what really kills me is when you find a sofa, range, drier, etc. in a stream. How do people think it’s ok to dump things like this? Angry

In Oneida County Wisconsin there are thousands of acres of industrial forest. For decades this provided people with places to bird hunt, deer hunt, duck hunt, and in some cases fish. People littered them up so badly, that I used to see rolls of carpeting in streams, old kitchen counters in the grouse woods, and major appliances along the roads. The owners finally, and understandably, got sick of it. Now they are all gated. There are some great grouse covers that you would now have to walk miles to get to. I wonder if the only answer is to increase everyone's taxes, and allow dumping at the County landfill for free. I also wonder how many people dumped on the industrial land - I bet it was a very, very small portion of the population, and they ruined it for everyone.

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Re: Bandalong Litter Trap for Streams and Rivers
Reply #11 - Apr 11^th, 2018 at 12:48pm

Further North wrote on Apr 10^th, 2018 at 9:05pm:

tannin wrote on Apr 4^th, 2018 at 9:08pm:

A couple years ago I cleaned up the litter at every landing along a popular U.P. stream. There was a fair amount of it, but some of it was pretty old. I also cleaned up the litter at a bridge crossing on another stream, and found a $5.00 bill under one bunch of it.

Karma. Absolutely pure Karma.

Love it.

I thought so. I even wondered if someone put it there on purpose.

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