Did you know?

• You can give your grass up to one-third of its nutrient needs by leaving clippings on the lawn.
• Longer grass is healthier than shorter grass.
• Most lawns down need irrigation and naturally survive droughts by doing dormant in the summer.
• Fertilizer from your yard can pollute local waters.

• It’s illegal to feed ducks and geese in Rhode Island.
• One goose can produce up to a pound of poop per day.
• Dog and goose poop that washes off the land is a leading cause of beach closures.
• Volunteers collected 16,484 pounds of trash from RI beaches on a single day in 2017.
• Even miles from the shoreline, everything that goes down a storm drain finds its way to our local waters.

• Dog poop can take over one year to decay. Bacteria and parasites in dog poop can linger in the soil and seep into groundwater.
• One tiny gram of dog poop contains 23 million coliform bacteria. It can also transmit e.coli. salmonella, parvo, and tapeworms.