Statesman Article on Bull Creek Park
28th July, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 2 Comments
The Statesman had this article today about Bull Creek Park. Here’s an excerpt about the littering problem:
Statesman Watch spent several hours at the park last weekend… [t]he understaffed Parks and Recreation Department did make it out to empty trash cans, but the rest of the park was strewn with food wrappers, beer bottles and cans, cigarette butts, diapers and even spent charcoal.
On Saturday afternoon, a large family held a birthday party for a child. The next morning, beer cans, candy wrappers and an El Rancho Supermercado plastic bag of trash were left behind. Near the creek, three Budweiser bottles, an empty pack of Kool 100s and orange peelings were left where a trio of men with an ice chest had been the afternoon before.
On weekends, with little or no police presence, park users cart ice chests, grills and picnic tables and set up next to the water. Children swim by. Refuse litters the ground even though trash cans are a few feet away.
The park is located at at RM 2222 and Loop 360.
Posted on: July 28, 2010
Filed under: outdoor activity
2 Comments
Kristen
July 28th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Thanks for posting this! I live in the Arboretum area and Bull Creek was such a great park to take my dogs to after work and on the weekends. But I quit going there a few years back when my dogs kept getting sick from playing in the water. It’s sad to see what has become of Bull Creek.
katherine
July 28th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Sure thing, Kristen! It is a beautiful park, people just need to be more responsible.
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