EmailMe Form - Clear Choices for Clean Water

1. Scoop that Poop!

Animal waste is a serious, often overlooked source of contamination in our local waters. Manure from dogs, cats, horses, cows, and overpopulations of waterfowl contains excess nutrients and disease-carrying pathogens that can harm humans and wildlife.

Stormwater runoff can carry animal waste over the land for miles before it enters a storm drain and is discharged into a nearby stream or body of water. There, the excess nutrients act as fertilizer, accelerating the growth of marine plants and reducing the dissolved oxygen in the water, suffocating aquatic organisms and killing fish. Waste-contaminated water also contains pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites that can make people sick, restrict recreational water activities, and pollute shellfish beds.

CLEAR CHOICES:

A) Carry a plastic bag when walking your pet. Scoop the poop into the bag, tie it closed, and toss in the trash.

B) Bring along extra plastic bags when walking your pet and offer them to other pet owners who need them.

C) Help install a neighborhood dog waste disposal station near popular dog walking areas or a stormwater pond. Keep it stocked with bags.*

D) Clean up after your pets at home: -bury waste under a foot of soil -place waste in plastic bag, tie it closed, and put in trash -use an in-ground pet waste composter*

E) Maintain a litter box for your cat(s). Place used litter in a plastic bag and dispose of it in the trash.

F) Stop feeding wild ducks and geese. Offering food attracts birds to one area creating a concentration of waste that can become a problem.

G) Talk with at least 2 other people about these choices.

REWARDS!
Commit to at least one new action from the "1. Scoop that poop! - CLEAR CHOICES" list above and earn:

Biodegradable pet waste bags ($12 value)

Neighborhood Dog Waste Disposal Station ($100 value)

Nature's Miracle Jaw pet waste scoop ($18 value)

One bag of one dozen oyers from Henderson Community Shellfish Farm

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