Even in Mountain Brook, a city that values its parks and trails, there are people who don't respect the environment. That's the lesson learned by Paul Brown, a nearly lifelong city resident, one day several years ago. 'I was walking my dog on the McElwain Furnace Trail and happened upon a Great Blue Heron perched atop a floating mass of litter in Shades Creek while hunting his next meal,' said Brown in a written account submitted to Village Living. 'This troubling image was a vivid reminder that litter is far more than simply a matter of aesthetics on our roadways,' said Brown, who has lived in Cherokee Bend since 1987.

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