Troubled waters

We are fairly new to Florida and have been surprised to see how many of the numerous lakes and ponds are filled with weeds, trash ,unwanted household items and such! There are so many beautiful , large birds here but their places to find food are shrinking daily.The  Audubon Society tries to encourage  us all to take more care but they aren’t reaching the right people apparently!  We will try to do what we can but please if anyone out there has an idea for encouraging more people to clean up the water and food sources  around them please write us with your suggestions! Thanks, Toni and Lyle