George did not know it, but there is a >potential "sea kayak expressway" planned for "my" secret spot. Note: >it's not really my spot, of course. It truly belongs to no one or to >everyone, or maybe to the critters. > >Here's my blast of angst. I'll hide under my flame shield for a few >days and resurface when the air temps recede to tolerable. >-- >Dave Kruger >Astoria, OR Virtually all of the people who will use the >proposed Water Trail will be good, conscientious folks who would sooner >commit hari-kari than crush a baby duck. Yet, 80 per cent of them will, >in their ignorance, blithely paddle down sloughs, completely unaware >that their presence is scarifying the very animals they would protect >with their donations and letters, if sensitively publicized on TV. >Enough of them, as an aggregate, will "crush baby ducks" by making those >sloughs and backwaters untenable for nurturing small waterfowl, not to >speak of the effects of disturbance on over-wintering birds. >Thanks for your help. Dave train one or two ducks to be KILLER DUCKS and spread rumors about how dangerous they are and how many canoe and kayakers they have killed or harmed. Say the Government will not tell you about it because it likes to keep secrets , The Kennedy assassination, area 51, etc. That way it will be believable. Around camp fires this will go over good especially if you do a little duck dirty work at night so the people will know how lucky they are to live thru it.Legions like Big Foot started this way. Really this is a problem that has no good answer and a potential to do much harm. May be you could have some of the areas set aside for resting zones for wild life, to get away from us. My thought is that animals adapt well and in a few years will come accustom to the inconvenience of us in their territory and become tolerant .May be a limited number of people at one given day would help. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 22 1998 - 06:23:24 PDT
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