Have you seen one of these along the river this year? This is a Fishing Line Recycling Bin, a receptacle for anglers to discard their unwanted or damaged fishing line. 2015 was the inaugural year for this program and we need your help to keep it growing! We need volunteers to help us maintain our bins, so that they remain effective and prevalent in our community.  If you adopt a bin, you will be responsible for checking the bin and emptying the contents every two to four weeks depending on location and time.  We also ask that our volunteers help track the amount of fishing line collected so that we can evaluate the success of this program. This year, the bins are located at International Park, Cullen Park, Promenade Park, Sleepy Hollow Park, Side Cut Metropark, along the river in the City of Perrysburg, and several other locations. Once collected, the line is shipped to Berkley Fishing and repurposed into new products, such as park benches and fish habitat structures.  This is a great opportunity for businesses and grade school or high school students to obtain volunteer service hours, and more importantly, foster a desire to care of the rivers now and in the future.  Your business or workplace can also personally support this program by sponsoring a bin, in which case your name or company’s logo is placed on the educational signage above the bin. To learn more and register to Adopt- or Sponsor-a-Bin, visit our website or call us at (419) 874-0727.