With the ever present problem of dumping on our pine barrens and other natural areas here on Long Island, it is natural to forget that such issues are generally not unique to our particular geographic area, but are often far more widespread.
Feb 1, 2010 Print Article Mindy & Ray (whose spirit continues to inspire) tagged Adopt-A-Highway, Dumping, North Shore, litter
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Mindy & Ray (whose spirit continues to inspire)
After I posted, Quality Parks Adopts Road To Keep Pine Barrens Cleaner. it took several phone calls to the Town of Brookhaven, some online searching, and finally a visit to Rocky Point to find what Barry's comment was about:
"I have a trail near my house which is only about half a mile long, but my wife and I like it. Unfortunately, there is a lot of trash—cans, bottles bags, etc. The trail is particularly nice because it ends on a cliff overlooking the Long Island Sound. The cliff itself has quite a lot of debris." - Barry
Jan 19, 2010 Print Article Dec 1, 2009 Print Article Susan Dokko tagged Adopt-A-Highway, Dumping, Washington, litter 
How many times have you tossed a bottle into the recycling bin without another thought?
Before I heard about this from a classmate of mine and read an article in the Practical Environmentalist,
I had no idea that bottle caps weren't recyclable.
Sep 16, 2009 Print Article Mindy & Ray (whose spirit continues to inspire) tagged Adopt-A-Highway, Dumping, Long Island Central Pine Barrens, Rocky Point Preserve, litter The Central Pine Barrens Commission has a new Incident Report which enables local citizens to report illegal dumping and other incidents in the Pine Barrens. I recently used this report, actually I called the Pine Barrens office directly, to report a dumped jetski in the Pine Barrens. I also photographed it and emailed it to them when I returned home.
Sep 16, 2009 Print Article 
