SouthWings

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote

Perhaps some education for interested pilots might be a good way to
augment
this program. Lots of airplanes crisscrossing the sky at any time and just
about anyone would be interested in not seeing his back yard turned into
Love Canal. Some flyers with some general info on what to look for would
probably pay dividends.

Good point!

If there are as many problems as the thread seems to indicate, it should not
be hard to find the problems, if people knew what to look for, and how to
contact someone.

Somebody should take this ball, and run with it!
--
Jim in NC

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote:

Perhaps some education for interested pilots might be a good way to augment
this program. Lots of airplanes crisscrossing the sky at any time and just
about anyone would be interested in not seeing his back yard turned into
Love Canal. Some flyers with some general info on what to look for would
probably pay dividends.

Pilots may certainly report large spills or uncontained runoffs to the Corps
of Engineers or EPA. They will want lat/long of the site.

But it takes an expert observer in many cases to know what to look for,
especially illegal logging. Some clear-cutting is legal, some isn't.

It's best to contact a conservation organization in your area. Many areas
have bay or riverkeeper groups who could probably use some help putting eyes
in the sky. Some examples:

http://www.riverkeeper.org/

http://www.blackwaternottoway.com/

http://www.waterkeeper.org/subsites/...&articleid=196


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in
:


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote:

Perhaps some education for interested pilots might be a good way to
augment this program. Lots of airplanes crisscrossing the sky at any
time and just about anyone would be interested in not seeing his back
yard turned into Love Canal. Some flyers with some general info on
what to look for would probably pay dividends.

Pilots may certainly report large spills or uncontained runoffs to the
Corps of Engineers or EPA. They will want lat/long of the site.

But it takes an expert observer in many cases to know what to look
for, especially illegal logging. Some clear-cutting is legal, some
isn't.

It's best to contact a conservation organization in your area. Many
areas have bay or riverkeeper groups who could probably use some help
putting eyes in the sky. Some examples:

http://www.riverkeeper.org/

http://www.blackwaternottoway.com/

http://www.waterkeeper.org/subsites/...spx?userid=148
&a
rticleid=196



Mm, OK I'm going to ask around tomorrow. As I mentioned before, I dimed
out a shop for dumping oil or something once, but you're right, I'd have
no idea what to look for or what would be legal or not. They'd probably
get kind of peeved being called out on wild goose chases.


Bertie