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Trashing Lake Coeur d’Alene

The pile of trash mounted at the Third Street boat launch near the base of Tubbs Hill had passersby marveling in disgust. Some would stop and frown, some whistled to show they were impressed, yet others just shook their heads as they hoofed by to the hiking trails. All of them, though, noticed. Soda cans, beer cans - lots of beer cans - a grill, a shoe sole, glass bottles and, well, more beer cans - the collection came from the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene. "People just don't understand what they do when they throw things in the lake," Brian Meehan said as he stopped to take in the heaping sight. "I'm sure that's just a tiny, tiny portion of it, unfortunately." Meehan's right, it's just a sample, pulled out by 10 good-willed scuba divers Sunday on an underwater trash collection trip organized by the diving business, Tom's Diving Adventures/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: 2 young brothers admire scuba divers Matt Hebener, bottom left, and Paul Schwartz, bottom right, as they prepare to go underwater)

Question: How do you react when you see someone litter?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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