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Give A Bark! Resources
 Health and environmental risks of pet waste
Chatfield Hollow State Park pet waste project
Cleaning up your pet’s waste is both good for you and your
local environment! Bacteria, parasites and viruses can be found in your dog’s
waste and, if left on the sidewalk or even in the woods, can be washed in to
your local waterway, affecting water quality and human health.
To help increase awareness about pet waste as a source of pollution, along with things that pet owners can do to prevent
pollution from pet waste, the District developed outreach materials for use both in the park and
at pet related area businesses like veterinarian offices. They include:
Pet waste postcard
Pet waste poster
Pet waste station map
To learn more about pet waste as a nonpoint source
pollutant, please visit the following sites:
101
Reasons to pick up pet poop!
Environmental
Education North Carolina informs about pet waste
North Carolina
Division of Water Quality
NHDES Pet Waste Program
Earth
911 Making every day Earth Day: Stormwater pollution
Clean Water Education
Partnership – Eeeew, Dog Doo!
Stormwater
Education Toolkits from the University of Central Florida
California’s
Education Website for Erase the Waste “Water Quality Service Learning Program”
Georgia’s Clean Water
Campaign
Yuckos.com’s directory of
Dog Waste Services
FDA Consumer
magazine, Keeping Pets (and People) Healthy, Jan-Feb 2004 Issue
Pacific
Shellfish Institute
Working
Dogs Health Articles
Canine Parvovirus
About Pooper-Scoopers
Many other communities around the U.S.
have implemented their own pet waste pollution control campaigns. To learn more
about pet waste pollution concerns and what other communities are doing,
please visit the following sites:
NPS
Toolbox
City of Memphis
Stormwater Information
Shawnee County
Conservation District in Kansas NPS definition and campaign
City of
Dover, New Hampshire
Snohomish
County, Washington, Public Works: Surface Water Management
North Central Texas Council
of Governments
Washington State Department of Ecology. Focus on Pet
Waste Management
Burlington Eco Info and
the Burlington Neighborhood Project in Vermont
Bend, Oregon
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