Comments on: Natural Splendor Bombarded By More Garbage – February 11, 2012

By: Seeking Solutions for Liscom Slough Dumping – July 8, 2012 | The Arcata Eye

Seeking Solutions for Liscom Slough Dumping – July 8, 2012 | The Arcata Eye — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:38:47 +0000

[...] has found and cleaned up animal parts, costume jewelry, pay phones, toxic car batteries, drugs and much [...]

By: idea

idea — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:11:01 +0000

Instead of spending hundreds or thousands on an overpriced game camera, why not build one, solar/wind powered complete with wifi, that can be accessed readily online by multiple concerned citizens.
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/build-solar-powered-camera-broadcast-live-videos

Why not put together a donation box/grant fund that would even take care of the overhead costs for you.

By: anon.r.mous

anon.r.mous — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:28:13 +0000

You can also get the game cameras at your local Walmart for less….well, first you have to get a local Walmart, but they do have the camo cameras for pretty cheap.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tasco-3.0-Megapixel-Game-Camera/15189106?findingMethod=rr

It’s shit, but it would work, and be reusable. There are other ones.

http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/hunten-outdoors-3-mp-infrared-digital-game-camera.aspx?a=826572

But it depends if you really want to put any effort into getting the dumpers, or would just like to bitch about it.

By: Lawrence Agaier

Lawrence Agaier — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:36:59 +0000

I’m an environmental code enforcement officer in Texas and have been very successful in catching and prosecuting local dumpers using the small Wild Game Innovations 6.0MP Digital Scouting Camera. They cost less than $100 each (I have 10 of them) and will run day & night for about 10-days on 8 AA-batteries. They are motion activated, are activated out to around 60-ft., can be set to shot without flash using inferred at night and with an 8G SD card will hold over 5000 photos. I notice dozen of locations where one could be located along the fence in the photos in this article. I do lose one every once in a while but they are cheap enough that so far success outweighs the losses. And, I have set them cross covering an area and even caught an individual who tried to steal one of the cameras. Bottom line, the dumpers have to be lucky every time, I only have to get lucky once.

By: charlotte

charlotte — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:00:28 +0000

Thank you, thank you Ted for removing the trash. Now that the recycling center has closed, I imagine dumping will get worse. Maybe a weekly article about what is being dumped would bring more attention to the problem. I frequently kayak in that area and I was under the assumption that the dumping had declined because it was generally clean, did not know Ted was cleaning it up. I hope he doesn’t have to pay dumping fees.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:49:29 +0000

Great idea. Lets start placing cameras everywhere.. Where does it stop?
What happens when I park my car in front of your house with a camera inside of it recording you?

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:13:39 +0000

Just public policy in action. This is what you get when you charge fees for waste disposal.

By: kevpod

kevpod — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:56:48 +0000

I agree, and am not advocating a SloughCam for those very reasons.

By: Ian Ray

Ian Ray — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:53:06 +0000

Kevin, if you are serious… this slough cam would need a tall pole, 50W solar/battery power, and gunshot-resistant housing. A “sidewinder” camera would be optimal for capturing movement. This seems more complicated than the pre-fabricated plaza bathroom.

By: kevpod

kevpod — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:49:23 +0000

Well, what are you doing about it?