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by: KWKayaker Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 28, '16 11:08pm  
Kayaking in Lake Houston and finally saw my first bald eagle.
 
Just wish people would not dumb all the trash in the river/lake. Perhaps there needs to be a call for a clean up event.
 
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analogkid Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 7:00am  
Kayaking in Lake Houston and finally saw my first bald eagle.
 
Just wish people would not dumb all the trash in the river/lake. Perhaps there needs to be a call for a clean up event.
 
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@KWKayaker: Yes, it's quite bad.  There's a lot that people don't ever see from their cars.  I run across the WLHP bridge frequently and you can see it just piled up from the currents and rise/fall of the river back into the adjacent wooded areas.  Similarly when I run across the McKay bridge, you can see it washed up onto the small areas of land at the base of the bridge.
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Wooderson Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 7:40am  
Kayaking in Lake Houston and finally saw my first bald eagle.
 
Just wish people would not dumb all the trash in the river/lake. Perhaps there needs to be a call for a clean up event.
 
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@KWKayaker:
 
We do a clean up event each year at Luce Bayou on earth day or that weekend. I'll post it here if you are interested. 4951
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Wooderson Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 7:44am  
We could do the same thing for the Kingwood side. Have a clean the lake day around earth day. Just put out a bunch of signs. Send one group to the area around the boat docks and one group around Sharkys and clean a few hours and meet for grub. We usually do hotdogs and brewskis at Luce's but we could just meet at a place after we dump trash.
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Steven H Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 7:52am  
Think it was last year they had a military looking vehicle on the bridge for 1/2 a day or something helping bring trash up from underneath the WLP bridge, but I boat in that area, its a mess. They do the trash bash every year. 4951
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KWKayaker Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 8:42pm  
I have kayaked most the lake, east and west fork of the San Jac river in the KW area and if you are not down on the water you really do not see it. If you are speeding down the river on a boat you may not even see it. But when you try and enjoy a nice paddle, it is everywhere.
 
I attached a simple map of the areas with the highest concentration of trash. These shorelines are littered with...litter. It would take a large flotilla of volunteer boats and kayaks to clean up all the trash. You would need volunteers in waiters walking the shoreline and those islands.
 
This would be the best time of year to do it, when the brush is not thick and the bugs would not be an issue.
 
I have a pretty busy schedule but I am going to see what can be done or what we can assemble to do it on our own.
 
If there was a big communication campaign to reach out to all boaters in the area and perhaps get some conversation groups to help, we could set a date and divide at conquer. We could make a significant difference if we did this once a year.
 
Houston does it for Buffalo Bayou, we can do it for our local waters.
 
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KWKayaker Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 8:48pm  
This was my trip yesterday and when I went around the south shores of the islands south of Kings Point, I was just blown away.
 
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 8:57pm  
Congrats on your eagle sighting!  I'd be happy to help clean up our lake.  Maybe you can get the scouts troops in the area involved as well. 4951
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KWKayaker Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 9:12pm  
Congrats on your eagle sighting!  I'd be happy to help clean up our lake.  Maybe you can get the scouts troops in the area involved as well.
 
@monyhoney:
 
That is a good idea. It's a big undertaking, but if it is organized, it can be done. I need to do some research and find contacts on how to start this campaign. I would love to promote our success. I can invision a photo of a big pile of trash at River Grove Park with all the volunteersshow.
 
So I am invision phase. I will need to design and build the plan and then implement that plan.
 
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TXtransplant Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 8 years ago   Feb 29, '16 11:56pm  
Kayaking in Lake Houston and finally saw my first bald eagle.
 
Just wish people would not dumb all the trash in the river/lake. Perhaps there needs to be a call for a clean up event.
 
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@KWKayaker:
 
Beautiful picture. When I go out I bring a bag and not only carry back my own trash but also grab what I can.
 
The sandbars on the river westbound are even worse. Its really a shame.
 
Take an extra bag (boaters)....a small effort against hundreds of people makes a huge difference!
 
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KWKayaker Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:16am  
@TXtransplant: I do that too! Sadly I can only take back a small bag. That is like .005% of what is out there.
 
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~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:19am  
 
@TXtransplant: I do that too! Sadly I can only take back a small bag. That is like .005% of what is out there.
 
 
@KWKayaker:
 
Well....we can only do what we can. To be fair.....some of this is runoff. Its not just the KW folks at fault 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:22am  

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>> Congrats on your eagle sighting!  I'd be happy to help clean up our lake.  Maybe you can get the scouts troops in the area involved as well.
 
@monyhoney:
 
That is a good idea. It's a big undertaking, but if it is organized, it can be done. I need to do some research and find contacts on how to start this campaign. I would love to promote our success. I can invision a photo of a big pile of trash at River Grove Park with all the volunteersshow.
 
So I am invision phase. I will need to design and build the plan and then implement that plan.
 
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@KWKayaker:
My family is in! Let's start a movement
 
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~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:23am  

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>> Congrats on your eagle sighting!  I'd be happy to help clean up our lake.  Maybe you can get the scouts troops in the area involved as well.
 
@monyhoney:
 
That is a good idea. It's a big undertaking, but if it is organized, it can be done. I need to do some research and find contacts on how to start this campaign. I would love to promote our success. I can invision a photo of a big pile of trash at River Grove Park with all the volunteersshow.
 
So I am invision phase. I will need to design and build the plan and then implement that plan.
 
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@KWKayaker:
My family is in! Let's start a movement
 
 
@Wooderson:
 
I'm game as well as two more neighbor's. Every time we launch we talk about it. 4951
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Wooderson Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:23am  

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@TXtransplant: I do that too! Sadly I can only take back a small bag. That is like .005% of what is out there.
 

@KWKayaker:
 
Well....we can only do what we can. To be fair.....some of this is runoff. Its not just the KW folks at fault
 
@TXtransplant:
Fault is of no matter. That's why we are Kingwood folk. Let's make a stand.
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~ 8 years ago   Mar 1, '16 12:24am  

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>> Congrats on your eagle sighting!  I'd be happy to help clean up our lake.  Maybe you can get the scouts troops in the area involved as well.
 
@monyhoney:
 
That is a good idea. It's a big undertaking, but if it is organized, it can be done. I need to do some research and find contacts on how to start this campaign. I would love to promote our success. I can invision a photo of a big pile of trash at River Grove Park with all the volunteersshow.
 
So I am invision phase. I will need to design and build the plan and then implement that plan.
 
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@KWKayaker:
My family is in! Let's start a movement
 

@Wooderson:
 
I'm game as well as two more neighbor's. Every time we launch we talk about it.
 
@TXtransplant:
Lets talk dates. I will be in st thomas April 4-8 and definitely want to be a part.
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