Trash is dangerous to swimmers, boaters, and wildlife. It can cut, entrap, and pollute. Plants native or other low maintenance trees, shrubs and flowers. Landscaping can be beautiful, need less water, care or pesticides and leaves more time to enjoy rivers, woods, lakes and parks. Makes sure that nothing from the yard or driveway will enter a storm sewer.
Storm sewers drain to rivers or lakes and carry oils, chemicals and trash.
One gallon of oil can contaminate 1,000,000 gallons of water. Lawn chemicals can wash off sidewalks and streets into storm drains. Prevents erosion from fields, lawns, construction sites. Soils become contaminating and damaging sediment when they enter streams and lakes. Unwanted plants like milfoil or curly leaf pondweed and zebra mussels hitch rides on boats and other watercraft and in minnow buckets.