Black River Cleanup

[championbaum]

    Hey guys this is very last minute but this saturday, the 9th, my son and I will be picking up as much garbage as we can at the Black River road crossing on NM 720 (Black River Road) between 285 and 62/180 in south eastern New Mexico. This area is 10-15 minutes from Whites City (Carlsbad Caverns entrance) and at the most 2 hours from Odessa.

   I don't know if i mentioned this but last weekend my son and i went to carlsbad caverns sunday morning and then spent the afternoon exploring an area on the Black River near Rattlesnake Spring. We found it by accident and it was beutiful. there was a short trail that went through the area, and what is so cool about this river is it goes underground flowing through limestone channels and then pops back up throughout its entirety. The area near rattlesnake springs was very nice although it had a bit of litter.

On the way home we stopped at the Black River section that crosses NM 720 and had a blast swinging on the rope swing and hanging out. Well this area was horribley trashed. There were people camping when we showed up and as we left my son mentioned how it made him sad to see so much trash around such a great area (much was left by the campers we saw as we entered). so we are going back this saturday to pick up all the discarded pallets, beer cans, plastic bottles, DIRTY DIAPERS that some jerks left, and anything else we can fit into the back of whatever truck i take.


So if anyone is bored and wants to help a 7 year old kid (guilt trip yes) clean up some other a-holes mess your help will be appreciated beyond expression. and if you can not make it i understand posting this so last minute. I will bring sodas, maybe beer, gloves and trash bags. If you do come bring your own food and i am sure we will have plenty of time left to fish (there are bass and catfish), swim, and swing on the awesome rope swing!!!!!!

[badknees]

Your photo is not flying geese. Appears to be  Willets, Tringa semipalmata, a large shorebird in the sandpiper family.

[championbaum]

thanks for the insight

[homerboy2u]

Badknees......are you in to birds?, you seem knowledgeable at identifying birds of all sorts. I have seen this in your posts.

[badknees]

Badknees......are you in to birds?, you seem knowledgeable at identifying birds of all sorts. I have seen this in your posts.

I probably know more than most but less than some

[badknees]

thanks for the insight

Just trying to keep it real.

[championbaum]

[chisos muse]

Hey Championbaum, good for you taking the initiative. I have a similar situation here at the new apartment complex that I just moved to. It's in a lovely setting and there is even a walking trail that borders a wooded area that has deer we see every day, along with many other critters. I have no idea how so much trash got scattered about (actually I do but am not going there), but regardless it has WAY too much and takes away from the lovely walk.

Our apartment complex has many resident function's, and I was thinking of bringing this up at one of them and seeing if anyone wanted to volunteer along with me to clean it up. Gotta start somewhere, right? Sitting around complaining about the jerks that made it that way in the first place is not going to make it better, and good for you for sharing this with your son! 

[homerboy2u]

What a great example for your kid,Championbaum.........It takes one person to start a trend,don't stop on anybody's account.

 Chisos Muse,why don't you show us that trail of yoursand if you can boost an initiative like that,kuddos to you too.