Saturday, April 18, 2009

What does vandalism look like?

An inspection on the LaRussell Access Point today, revealed several recent incidents of vandalism.
Highway U has recently been sprayed with an oil/asphalt mixture. It appears to me that the contractor pulled onto the Missouri Department of Conservation La Russell Accesss site, and cleaned their equipment. The photograph reveals multiple areas of asphalt contamination.

The liquid oil/asphalt mixture ran off the gravel road and down the embankment. The liquid oil/asphalt mixture ran right over one of our newly planted witch hazel seedlings. The hardened oil/asphalt mix was about 1" thick around the base of the seedling.





This is evidence of 4-wheelers spinning their tires, throwing gravel in the parking area. This activity causes erosion and contamination of the river.





The LaRussell Access point is not an ashtray or a dumpster. Littering is certainly a type of vandalism.

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