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Boating Responsibly: Keep it Clean.


Think litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher.

lit·ter
n.
1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a
 and debris debris /de·bris/ (de-bre´) fragments of devitalized tissue or foreign matter. In dentistry, soft foreign material loosely attached to a tooth surface.  from boating is no big deal? Think again. Trash left behind during boating activities is not only an eyesore eye·sore  
n.
Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.


eyesore
Noun

something very ugly

Noun 1.
, but can harm fish and wildlife. Charlie Barr is the Pollution Monitoring Program Manager for The Ocean Conservancy explains.

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