Re: [Paddlewise] ACA abandons conservation & advocacy!!!

Hi Ralph, couldn't agree with your thoughts on the need for conservation more. As for the "kernel", it's a strainer around the courner that is killing us paddlers one at a time, the word just hasn't gotten upstream yet. as far as I know, ACA has let go their strongest, and should I say, America's stronngest, paddling champion, that being David Jenkins. This will have national ramifications, from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon to jet boat use on the Patomic. yours, tom martin
 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ralph diaz
> Sent: 3/25/2004 12:50:31 PM
> To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] ACA abandons conservation & advocacy!!!
> 
> I have no idea whether there is even a kernel of truth to the initial email
> to the list making the charge.  But I have no doubt that conservation is
> certainly vital for paddlers.  Every paddling group I have been part of from
> the ACA to modest local canoe/kayak clubs and every paddling business I know
> as well have strongly avowed conservation.  The environment is part and
> parcel of the paddling community's needs.  For example, water trail groups
> like the one I am a part of, The Hudson River Watertrail Association states
> "The HRWA was formed in 1992 as an all-volunteer, non-profit environmental
> and recreational action group."  PaddleWise itself on its website says
> "PaddleWise is dedicated to safe and environmentally responsible sea
> kayaking and other paddle sports." i.e. putting conservation on par with
> safety.
> 
> I think you would be hard pressed to name even one paddling entity that
> feels conservation is tangential, i.e. out of the way of paddling needs.
>  
> ralph diaz
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