Great initiative. All anglers who fish this venue please assist....
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rietvlei-Cleanup-2013/182640915211826
the letter i wrote to the editor of the Centurion Rekord:
Att: The Editor
Hello,
I am writing to you today to inform you of the Rietvlei dam cleanup project happening on the 14th to the 19th of January, I have been put in charge of the arrangements for the cleanup, and would like to involve the Rekord in covering the story and bringing public awareness to what we are trying to achieve.
The dam is being pouted by 100’s upon 100’s of meters of wasted, discarded and broken off fishing lines, and masses of invasive water plants or weeds, these weedbeds are actually making the problem worse by aiding in the lines breaking off and therefor further adding to the pollution.
A group of concerned anglers have decided that enough is enough and that we want to clean up the waterway, in conjunction with the rietvlei nature reserve and the group know as the friends of Rietvlei we are going to spend the week on the property clearing the excess weed and removing the broken and waste line.
Many animals are affected by the line pollution including geese, coots, ducks, otters, and not to mention the fish…
We aim to clear this prolific angling venue of this problem, but we need your help in covering the story and spreading awareness of the project we hope to make an annual event.
We will not get paid for doing this and we do it out of good will towards the Rietvlei nature reserve, the friends of rietvlei, and the Tswane dept. of nature conservation…
Regards
Neil Engelbrecht
Ground Zero Angling
groundzeroangling@gmail.com
076 717 8883
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rietvlei-Cleanup-2013/182640915211826
the letter i wrote to the editor of the Centurion Rekord:
Att: The Editor
Hello,
I am writing to you today to inform you of the Rietvlei dam cleanup project happening on the 14th to the 19th of January, I have been put in charge of the arrangements for the cleanup, and would like to involve the Rekord in covering the story and bringing public awareness to what we are trying to achieve.
The dam is being pouted by 100’s upon 100’s of meters of wasted, discarded and broken off fishing lines, and masses of invasive water plants or weeds, these weedbeds are actually making the problem worse by aiding in the lines breaking off and therefor further adding to the pollution.
A group of concerned anglers have decided that enough is enough and that we want to clean up the waterway, in conjunction with the rietvlei nature reserve and the group know as the friends of Rietvlei we are going to spend the week on the property clearing the excess weed and removing the broken and waste line.
Many animals are affected by the line pollution including geese, coots, ducks, otters, and not to mention the fish…
We aim to clear this prolific angling venue of this problem, but we need your help in covering the story and spreading awareness of the project we hope to make an annual event.
We will not get paid for doing this and we do it out of good will towards the Rietvlei nature reserve, the friends of rietvlei, and the Tswane dept. of nature conservation…
Regards
Neil Engelbrecht
Ground Zero Angling
groundzeroangling@gmail.com
076 717 8883