Re: [Paddlewise] public access (was Saturation Point)

I just had to do a subject change...

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Luke Hoffman wrote:
> >On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Shawn W. Baker wrote:
> >
> >> Perhaps an organization could be set up to purchase private land as it
> >> comes up for sale, subdivide off the near-beach portion, and sell the
> >> remaining land to another private landowner, with the understanding that
> >> the foreshore area is to be accessible to the public, but they're
> >> permitted (as public citizens) to utilize it too.
> >
> The Nature Conservancy (http://www.tnc.org/ ) does a lot of this kind of
> thing.  But they're not specific to waterfront land.

I was thinking more of a group that goes after public access.  Buy the 
access (or beach), and resell the rest of the parcel.  

Around here it varies highly by town what the public access is.  The 
town I live in doesn't officially have any public access, that I know 
of, to ponds, rivers, or lakes.

Orleans, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod) has approximately 65 public landings.  
Some of the landings are ramps with parking others are just a trail 
through some brush.  Every freshwater pond has at least one public 
landing, to the best of my knowledge.  Each of the saltwater coves has 
at least one landing.

kirk
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