01-27-2012, 07:25 AM
I pick up other people's rubbish once a week from the end of Beach Road through the Shipman property. I am approved by the Shipman corp. guys to do this pick up and haul out. It is amazing what I get every week. Many locals still set up entire fish camps with large tarps and yet leave their rubbish. I cart out whatever I can lift and fit in my old pick up. sometimes I bring back some muscle and heave-ho to get rid of dishwashers and refridges. I have hauled out many computers and tv as well as old mattresses. Mainly I halu out bottles, cans and food containers and plastic bags. Of course there are lots of fish bones and nets that are torn and hooks and fish line. All dangerous. These folks come to enjoy being on the lava cliffs and being in the beauty, but they leave it much worse than they found it.
One thing I will not do is clean up their "toilet area". When a group camps for a weekend they leave an amazing amount of broken glass, but what they leave the most and stays right there is their human waste. I am not picking that up. This is really a concern for the folks who enjoy the Shipman paths. It is unhealthy for the dogs and people who walk here. They leave TONS of toilet paper human waste areas which really spoil the cliffs for others.
What can you do? When you are enjoying the cliff paths in Shipman and come upon someone camping get their license plate numbers and let them know you will be coming back. If there is litter there in the area after they have left you can call Shipman office and report them. Usually that works for me, but it does not work for the "toilet areas". People shouldn't camp without facilities. If they do they need to go in a bucket with a top and cart it out with them.
Yes, it is illegal and not ok with the Shipman office to camp on the property. You can walk on the paths.
One thing I will not do is clean up their "toilet area". When a group camps for a weekend they leave an amazing amount of broken glass, but what they leave the most and stays right there is their human waste. I am not picking that up. This is really a concern for the folks who enjoy the Shipman paths. It is unhealthy for the dogs and people who walk here. They leave TONS of toilet paper human waste areas which really spoil the cliffs for others.
What can you do? When you are enjoying the cliff paths in Shipman and come upon someone camping get their license plate numbers and let them know you will be coming back. If there is litter there in the area after they have left you can call Shipman office and report them. Usually that works for me, but it does not work for the "toilet areas". People shouldn't camp without facilities. If they do they need to go in a bucket with a top and cart it out with them.
Yes, it is illegal and not ok with the Shipman office to camp on the property. You can walk on the paths.