On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 11:06:42AM -0800, Steve Brown wrote: > My view is that conservation is only tangential to paddling so dropping that > may put my membership dues to better use. I hope it happens. I disagree: without conservation, all we will have left to paddle are heavily-polluted streams and lakes obstructed by dams and overrun with abusive/destructive users (e.g. PWC). Preserving the quality of waterways is an absolute imperative and must remain part of the ACA's primary mission. ( And no, "education" alone is not enough, unfortunately: we ilve in a society with a fair number of people whose only motivation is greed, and no amount of education will stop them from trashing our waterways or obstructing the public's right of access to them. ONLY regulation will do that, and thus no matter how one feels about it, it's necessary. ) ---Rsk *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 25 2004 - 12:29:18 PST
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