NIPOMO, Calif. --
Illegal dumping is becoming a huge problem for the community of Nipomo.
Equestrians says
trash filling up their paths are it's ruining the beauty of the landscape.
It's getting so
bad, one equestrian group is fighting back.
About 30
volunteers from multiple agencies picked up trash at the Widmark property near
Scenic View Drive.
Ride Nipomo filled more than three large bins
to the brim with trash--everything from scrap wood to old tires.
They say people are doing
this because dumping fees are too expensive.
"If you have people who are making minimum
wage, raising a family--I don't know how they can afford to dump all the time,"
says Equestrian Anne Dunbar. "People who don't have regular garbage pick
up."
Dunbar says she hopes the county will offer
reduced dumping fees for those who can't afford it.
