User talk:InheritedBasher

Fishing in Scott County, Iowa
I've fished the urban areas of Scott County for 8 years and I've disproved the claims of many in the area. The biggest ones being that there are no fish in Duck Creek, I have struggled to find anything whatsoever about Duck creek. Even simple things about wildlife in the regions of the creek, but if you approached anyone asking about the creek I can guarantee that the person you asked would be clueless about it. Well, I'm the guy to change that. I bet I know more than the DNR about the creek. Really the entire creek is a testament to human development and pollution, despite all the "problems" the creek is thriving with life in all sorts of ways, fish, birds, and a variety of mammal life. Most people in Davenport and Bettendorf would simply say that Duck Creek is a sewage creek, I'd tell you different but recently an actual sewer line did in fact break releasing large amounts of sewage directly into the creek. All of it has since been blasted out into the Mississippi but pollution and littering still affect the creek on a daily basis, the big thing with the creek right now is a severe E.coli impairment, E.coli comes from either human or animal feces. Unfortunately the DNR and the city has been extremely ignorant about the situation and claims they are having extreme difficulties pin pointing the cause. The cause is literally under there foot, people walk along the Duck Creek bike trail with their dogs and let them defecate on the ground and leave it there. Dog feces carries E.coli no different from that of human beings. One area in particular I watch, people will walk their dogs to this section of the path and let their dogs defecate there and walk away leaving it behind while there are stations throughout the length of the path that provide plastic bags to pick up dog feces. It angers me greatly. Kids from the nearby school will also throw bikes and garbage into the creek which provides a hazard for not only dogs that may swim, but for the wildlife itself. I've even witnessed people dump entire bags of trash into the creek, but what can I do? I cant call and complain to the city, they'll blow me off because they're too worried about traffic cameras. I'm one guy, who spends time at the creek because its as close to nature as I can get. The same goes for many others, but they overlook the fact that people are neglecting the creek and causing damage to the environment. If you live in either Davenport or Bettendorf and witness someone dumping garbage or causing damage of any kind please report it, the creek is small and is a perfect example of habitat destruction.