On Feb 3, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Dave Kruger wrote: > Paddlers could take a lesson from climbers, who founded The Access > Fund years ago, whose sole mission is to preserve and improve access > to climbing areas for the public. TAF: http://www.accessfund.org/ I don't know much about it but I believe the Maine Island Trail Association has also found a successful formula for creating access to private lands. They have been able to show owners that the stewardship provided by the association and its members is a good thing. Whether their approach can work elsewhere I couldn't say. For a recent trip in Maine I was more than delighted to pay the membership fees for the access they provided and have even renewed just for the newsletters and stuff. Maybe there is a paddler from Maine who could fill us in? http://www.mita.org/ Michael *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 03 2005 - 12:17:34 PST
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