On 9/10/01 5:43 PM, "Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe" <aldercreek_at_qwest.net> wrote: > There is another great book out there called San Juan Islands, Your Public > Beaches, published by the State of Washington, DNR. It was originally > published in 1985 and is currently out of print. When the DNR originally came out with the plan to list the beaches, the San Juans were done last because as I understand it there was political pressure to delay or even not do it at all. But people and government were more "radical" at that time and the project went forward. Unfortunately this is out of print but I am not surprised. This should be published on the the Internet where it could be updated at low cost. In any case, the situation should not have "changed" because the basic decision not to sell any more public beach has I believe been maintained. Originally, DNR tried to mark these beaches with special buoys. They did not last long. Nature and locals took care of them. Water access to Lake Washington is similarly restricted by people landscaping road ends etc into obscurity. I live by a waterfront wildlife refuge in Federal Way. The signs indicating the public access point do not last long. There are, of course, two sides to the story. The drunk and obnoxious littering minority of the public obviously show up to keep tensions high and to keep people's liberal inclinations under control. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 10 2001 - 20:20:00 PDT
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