we have joined with our local city council woman (who is awesome by the way!!!) to organize a lakes, ponds and wetlands taskforce. i am sure her original plan was to bring awareness to saving los cerritos wetlands (she is a member) and is linking our local lakes and ponds to the wetlands brilliantly.
i grew up near this local duck pond which has become increasingly more polluted from people feeding the ducks, something everyone has done for generations. the problem is the ducks shouldnt be eating people food and the migrating birds who stop by (due to lack of proper wetlands in the area) eat it too. this makes the ducks sick and also keeps the migrating birds from moving on as they should be doing. when the ducks and birds are sick (this is icky stuff, beware) they get diarrhea (no other way of saying it) so you can imagine what happens to the duck pond water. also, there are more birds than this small man made pond can handle, it gets crowded. the city has politely put up signs but they are blatantly disregarded. what to do? well our camp fire group took an "informational walk" today to "gather data" on the duck pond situation.
armed with cameras and in uniform, we scoured the area for trash and "evidence"
the girls spoke to several families who were feeding the ducks, they bravely explained why they shouldnt and most everyone was polite. it is hard to tell people not to do something they consider a family tradition, but we are going to keep finding ways to get the message across in a positive way. stay tuned.
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