I was wondering is dumping fall leaves in the water legal? A spot I fish on the sippi is a huge bay and the neighbor who lives on the river right there throws piles upon piles of leaves from there lawn into the river making the river nasty and pretty much unfishable.
Nope, see below from DNR website… The last paragraph pretty much sums it up as illegal
Is it environmentally OK for my neighbors to rake their leaves into the lake to dispose of them?
The DNR highly discourages individuals from dumping their leaves and grass clippings into a lake, river, or wetland. In addition, this material should not be raked into the street where it can wash into the storm sewer that drains to water bodies or watercourses. Leaves and grass clippings add nutrients that use up valuable oxygen as they decompose, on which aquatic organisms in the food chain depend. The DNR encourages good stewardship of our water and land resources. There are alternative stewardship practices for disposing of leaf and grass clippings that are more environmentally friendly. The best way to dispose of this waste is to compost it either on your land or at a designated compost site in your community. An excellent source of information on the environmental benefits of proper leaf disposal is a DNR publication entitled “Lakescaping For Wildlife and Water Quality” available from Minnesota’s Bookstore.
Reports of pollution or littering in public waters or public waters wetlands should be referred to the local DNR conservation officer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and county officials such as sanitarian or sheriff.
You can pretty much bet that it is. Best place to find out for sure is to talk to your local CO.
What if he lives in WI?
“The DNR highly discourages” but it doesn’t really say in black and white that it is illegal. I would have to assume it is, but would need something more concrete to be sure.
I suppose you may be right. One would think it would fall into the same category as blowing grass/leaves into the street. On the Wi comment, i was assuming MN, anything goes in WI…..
Lots of leaves end up in rivers and lakes and it can suck to fish around high concentrations.
“The DNR highly discourages” but it doesn’t really say in black and white that it is illegal. I would have to assume it is, but would need something more concrete to be sure.
I checked on this in Iowa. Yep, NOT illegal. Pisses my off as well, but nothing in the present (Iowa) law prevents this practice.
What if there still in the pumpkin plastic bag? Still legal?
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