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Walnut Creek Wetland Cleanup Emma Hoke  On April 21st, I attended the cleanup at the Walnut Creek Wetland in Raleigh. When I arrived, they supplied me with gloves and a trash bag. I walked down a long trail beside a small creek and picked up any trash that I saw along the way. There wasn't much to pick up on the trail (probably because other volunteers got there first), so we moved to a less popular area down by the stream. We dug out several broken glass bottles and plastic containers in the sand. The water in the stream was very muggy and brown which gave the impression of pollution.

This had to do with APES because I got to actively help the environment by decreasing the amount of pollution in a general area. I realize this will not change too much for our environment, but as we learned from our readings; there are many things humans can and should do to help with pollution. The glass bottles we came across were also the hazardous waste products that we learned about in class. Littering is a common issue that must be stopped to preserve our environment.