> It's just as bad in Pennsylvania. (From Rich Kulawiec) > > The Fish Commission requires that we register ALL of our boats (I own 7 > kayaks and decked canoes) in order to use their access points. If your boat is 16 ft or less, at least you don't have to put the serial number of the sticker in 3 inch high letters on either side of the bow!! I am a New Jersey resident, which does not mandate registration for canoes & kayaks, and I too MUST have PA registration to use my boats in some parts of that state. I was once tossed out of a f&b parking area because I happened to have a boat on the car without registration. On the other hand, supposedly F&B registration supersedes the other levels of registration, so I don't have to have state park or county park registrations that would otherwise be required. > They then > take the funds thus derived and spend them on (a) power boating and > (b) fishing projects, thus neatly separating us from our money without > providing anything in return. Some money does go back into safety programs for paddlers; they did help fund some of these activities in conjunction with ACA. Nonetheless, it's only a drop in the bucket compared to what they get out of us. Supposedly moneys are made available for location and construction for accesses for paddlers but where we have looked into that (as a division of the ACA) we ran into some bureaucratic walls. > > It just gets worse from there. There are many tales, much too disturbing for the gentle ears here..... > > ---Joe P *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 18 2001 - 07:45:22 PDT
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