Picnic Island
Some thoughts by Betsy Clayton
see the rest of her article in
Florida Weekly - click here
The island sits south of
With the Independence Day weekend
coming up, please note: The island is trashed — again.
Three weeks ago, volunteer coordinator
Ed Chapin transported about 30 garbage bags full of trash.
"We are back where we started," said
Brian Cotterill, president of the Pine Island-based Calusa Land
Trust.
Although the island sits just south of
More than a year ago, boaters came to
the rescue, helping the two nonprofits that care for the island.
That would be the Calusa Land Trust and the Pine Island Boat Club.
The place had been laced with toilet-paper flowers and junk. Boaters
from all corners of
It worked. For a while. Now, broken
bottles, TP flowerets and discarded picnic items have become so
abundant that the land trust had met with the boat club — both
enlisted by the government to be stewards of the popular island —
and members discussed eliminating camping at the site (which would
be a shame) and also posting "don't-do-this"
kind of signs.
C'mon, boaters. Let's get it together.
When you're out and about this weekend, stop by the island with a
trash bag and haul out a bunch of stuff that isn't your own, that is
gross and that will make the island a better place once it's gone.
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Calusa Land Trust
PO Box 216
Bokeelia, FL 33922
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