As I hike all around Florida, I notice a common problem with most parks. People seem to enjoy the scenery enough to walk the trail, and then feel free to leave their trash behind them. This should make all avid hikers and nature lovers very upset. First, most trash will take years to,if it ever will, decompose. Most plastics take thousands of years to decompose. Second, if this litter is never picked up, it could eventually kill or harm wildlife.Case in point, on my last hike, I saw an egret wit…
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Posted on February 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 9 Comments