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Hickory Top WMA Clean-up 15-May-2026

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          The goal for this clean-up was just one bag. I was walking in about a half mile and picking up where I had left off on the rainy day clean-up on May 2nd. The trail in was shaded I could hear Cedar Waxwings, which I would see feeding on blueberries on my way out. That was the wildlife highlight and by that point I had my camera packed away. So this day and this post are pretty much going to be all trash.        Down by the lake I started searching. I walked through the area I had done on May 2nd and found a couple spots like this one that I had missed. To get everything, you really have to walk through multiple times.          The start was pretty sparse. One item here, a couple others there, but no big trash deposits. I wasn't alone this time. Someone was fishing just on the other side of the tree line. They had to have heard me and likely seen me walking along the bank. I wonder what they though? ...
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Hickory Top WMA Clean-up 6-May-2026

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           I set out with the goal of removing two bags of trash from Hickory Top with the starting point being the boat launch parking area. Traveling down the access road I spotted something that didn't belong on the left side of the road.        It ended up being a garbage bag and it had something in it. I unenthusiastically stopped and got out to check what it was. People can dump or loose anything and I was really hoping it wasn't a dead animal or multiple dead fish. To my surprise it was trash and not just any trash, but stuff I recognized passing at this spot before. Someone else had started their own clean-up. Why did they just leave it in the road? Why were there a bunch of new beer cans off to the side right at this spot? I am always baffled by the things people do. I picked up the bag and put it in the car. I just tied it and threw it out as it was and did not include the contents in my trash totals as it was someone else's wo...
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