Follow PaddleWisers... Long time lurker... love and learn much from this list. I am in the exploration phase of a project and need your help... As I'm sure we will all agree, water issues (quality, access, conservation and safety...) are near and dear to all our hearts... after all the kayaker gets 'closer' to the water than any other boater! Soooooo an idea was born recently and it has been proposed that a "Kayak Be-In" be held in the San Francisco Bay (some have suggested doing it on Jan.1, 2000!) to call public and media attention to vital H2O issues. Areas of concern include; General Water Quality both Fresh and Salt Open Coastal Access and clean up General Conservation and reduction of fresh water usage Boating and water safety Promotion of Kayaking and human powered water craft The 2 or 3-day event could also have a corresponding expo with exhibits as well as perhaps some seminars, speeches and of course music! Can you imagine 10,000 kayakers and canoes in the bay! Thoughts, Comments, Suggestions?? Is this a crazy idea or what? Is it me or is the water dirtier, the coast and shore less clear and more water related 'incidence' than ever before? Maybe if we could turn our young people on the to the "high" of Kayaking in open water.... Additionally with recent government cut backs water and conservation issues have been placed on the back burner. Some feel it is important to let our elected officials know in an election year that we think water issues should be near the top of the public agenda. BTW I could plan on putting up a web site shortly. It's _all_ our water... there's only so much of it... and as the ad goes "hydrate or die"... think I'll have another drink while I can! Please let me know your thoughts, I look forward to hearing from you. Together we can... Tom_at_digitaleditor.com *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 30 1999 - 10:55:59 PDT
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