We are a community of litterbugs. Unable and unwilling to celebrate the summer’s biggest holiday in outdoor settings without leaving behind piles of trash.
To inveterate litterbugs like ourselves, public awareness and shaming are largely ineffective and only go so far.
The only remedy is a complete and total ban. From now on, Fresno residents (plus folks from Clovis and Madera, just to be safe) should be prohibited from picnicking at Bass Lake and Shaver Lake on the Fourth of July…