Saturday, January 21, 2012

Wastewater Rules and Etiquette

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There have been some recent incidents of Wastewater vehicles being hindered due to improperly-parked bird-watcher vehicles and of bird-watcher vehicles driving in unauthorized areas on that property.  If you bird the Wastewater properties, PLEASE observe the rules and basic birding etiquette, which would include:
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- not driving on the berms in the rapid filtration cells along the south side of White Road.  There are five cells between Maple Island Road and the Headquarters, encircled and separated from each other by dike roads where it's okay to drive; but within those cells are berms (dikes without roads) which are not for vehicle use,
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- not blocking rights-of-way preventing WW vehicles from doing their job or other birders from continuing on their way,
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- Etc., etc., etc.  Use common sense and courtesy.
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The Wastewater authorities have been more than generous in their policies regarding birder-watchers' access to this magnificent area.  It would be a shame if the behavior of a few reduced or eliminated this access for the many.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ric,

This would be a good message to send to Mich-chat for out-of-own birders.

Chip Francke