WHAT???????????
I pick up trash EVERY week along my property line. A local rural road that runs though several townships in my county has discarded trash all along its length as do most of the local roads and a LOT of it is empty beer cans exacerbated by the $#!+hole Wawa down the rod that sells beer.
It is so bad I even got my local legislator to get PennDOT to put up no littering signs but the law has no teeth, the fine is a joke and obviously the littering didn't stop.
Take a look at all of trash that sits in the medians at exit ramps with traffic lights. The Route 3/West Chester Pike exit from I-476 South is usually covered with empty water bottles, soda & beer cans and other junk.
Bottom line, people are pigs and somehow I don't think the majority of the pigs are old enough to have seen the "crying Indian" commercials or had litter bags hanging from the cigarette lighter in their car...
Those pigs and other bad behavior by a society that thinks it's entitled to do whatever it wants is why most people post their property, even those with rural traditions.
People litter because they know mommy will come behind them and clean up their messes. First off, I ain't nobody's mommy... Second, that's' why they often times leave it behind in bag, to make it easier for mommy. I even seen it done with dog$#!+ on trails. They leave the crap on the ground...
...but are nice enough to leave it in a bag.
People are also ignorant and never take the time to engage a landowner and thank them for allowing access. I did it just yesterday on a local stream and the guy was VERY appreciative. Of course that doesn't mean some pig or other ^$$hole won't eventually screw it up, but at least it wasn't me...
I imagine sometime in the future after I'm long gone there will be almost no private property in Pennsylvania open to fishing. That will coincide perfectly with even less license sales and less revenue for the PFBC...
...which won't be needed anyway because there will be nowhere to fish...
