if you don't teach them young...
when was the last time you saw an anti-littering poster contest at your local school?
passed a group of bird watchers with a lecturer/leader on Spring Creek in late April this year as we hiked up to the top to fish. was surprised to see the coffee cups on the trail as we went back down to lunch. No one, not even a supposedly aware group of folks, is immune to the Inconsiderate Virus! and as for the major dumpers...oh, well, if the colonists had always dumped their trash in a hole and buried it, instead of throwing it out the window or down a well (?), my archeologist friends tell me their job would be harder.
my daughter says good karma comes from doing small invisible good deeds, so there is always a trash sack in my vest. it must help the catching--usually i do better than Best Fishing Buddy.
fly fishing and baseball share a totally deceptive simplicity; that's why they can both be lifelong pursuits.