A few weeks ago, we had a river clean up on the Satilla.
The boat ramp at 301 bridge was actually not too bad compared to other times, but some of the other places that were cleaned up were bad as usual. I have been doing this for many years and still don't understand how someone can go to the river and leave beer cans, bottles, soda cans, baby diapers and just scattered trash behind when they leave.
I have griped about it many times and keep hoping that one day the people that are doing it will think about what they are doing and pick up behind themselves instead of all the volunteers that do it for them. It looks like that is never going to happen.
Like I have said before, for many years I cleaned up messes like this and just didn't say anything, but after all of these years, I have started taking pictures of it (which I have always done) and gripe about it to anyone that will listen and post the pictures for everyone to see.
This is just so wrong. The Satilla River has been one of my most photographed subjects and It is really so very aggravating to have to pick up trash before I can even take pictures of our beautiful Little and Big Satilla Rivers.
Come on, people. It is not that hard to do.
Wayne Morgan is a local photographer and author whose work primarily focuses on the Satilla River.
Shown above is some of the garbage and other refuse Wayne Morgan discovered during one of the recent clean up events along the Satilla River.
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