Yeah, my experience at Deep Creek Thursday - no one else was picking up trash or packing out anything that I saw - made me see the trash in the hiking area near where I live in a new light, made me want to clean it myself. It's 10,000x worse than Deep Creek being an urban hike.
On signs, I found this photo of a sign rope attached to one of the two metal Deep Creek signs. Maybe an idea for a sign again?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Qv7RbA6GA4/TfW0vHyJwTI/AAAAAAAAD_4/s6VCMXvsjk8/s1600/DCHS14.jpg