Todd: A big part of advocacy is fighting for the laws you need. For example, the Boundary Water Wilderness is designated as Wilderness under the Wilderness Act. The Wilderness Act stipulates that motors are not allowed in designated Wilderness. So why are motorboats still allowed? Because special interests (a few resort owners) got an exception written into the legislation. So instead on having a true wilderness to paddle in and explore, I only have a compromised wilderness. The resort owners got what they wanted, myself and other paddlers who prefer wilderness did not. We lose these battles everyday. Should paddlers simply be content to always lose these battles? If not, we must have an advocate - one that seeks to protect both the environment and our right to paddle there. Sean *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 29 2004 - 08:04:50 PST
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