Protect Our Open Space: Don't Dump Your Yard-Waste

Open Spaces, whether public or private, are valuable resources in the community and need to be protected from illegal dumping - which includes yard waste. If your home is near open space or if you have a conservation easement on or next to your property, it is likely that there are environmentally sensitive areas within them. Dumping yard waste in streams, floodplains, floodways, wetlands, steep slopes, and other natural areas is illegal and can have a devastating effect on the environment, such as the spread of invasive species, loss of habitat, flooding, pollution, and the attraction of vermin. Help Hillsborough keep these areas natural by properly disposing of your yard waste.