Re: [Paddlewise] Wild women of the Colorado

Subject:       Re: [Paddlewise] Wild women of the Colorado


>Roughly the way it works out is that if you're willing to pay a large
>amount of cash and ride on a motor-powered barge that spews pollutants
>into the environment, you can go next year.  If you are a private boater
>who wants to kayak, canoe, or raft the river, then you should probably
>apply for your permit when you buy your first boat, because by the time
>you're good enough, you may be lucky enough to get one.
>
>It's a sickening perversion of our national park system for private gain.
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Let's face the truth here.  The rafting companies are have as one 
objective, as businesses, to capture as large a percentage of the 
annual canyon transit spaces for temselves as possible!

The duty of government management is to see that a "FAIR" ratio of 
public non-profit spaces vs private business spaces are awarded to 
boaters each year. It is clear that, over the past 20 years, private 
boaters have been SHUT OUT !

Who can tell us the allocation ratio (public vs private) that is 
currently used for permit allocation on the Colorado? How many 
private boaters are currently backed up on the list?  How many 
private requests are sent in each year?

Private boaters have NO EFFECTIVE VOICE!

Chuck Sutherland

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