Here in Oregon the legislature is making the usual amount of scintillating progress. The debate rages concerning whether fisherman and boaters have the right to use local rivers and streams, or whether landowners can claim domain and shut things down. One suggestion coming from within the august legislature is to require every watercraft to have a permit displayed. [What this has to do with the legal issues involved is unclear to me.] Said permit would of course cost a fee, collected by the state, and would pertain to fishing boats, canoes, kayaks, and rafts. It was not made clear if permits would be required for inner tubes or swimming. [Further note: our leaders have not yet caught on to the impending crisis of what to do with old stove fuel.] Bradford R. Crain Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University 724 SW Harrison St. 334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or 97201 Phone: 503-725-3127 E-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu Fax: 503-725-3661 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Finally! A use for those of us who are... um.... hair impaired. That's where we can put the sticker so we can swim (or tube) on Oregon rivers. I dunno why they haven't thought of this (the sticker, not the permit) on the Deschutes; I spend more time in the water than I do in my kayak anyway. (Last time my wife, on a cataraft, complained that she "got splashed" a couple times. Sheesh!) Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 4/28/05, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > It was not made clear if permits would be required for inner tubes > or swimming. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"Bradford R. Crain" <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Here in Oregon the legislature is making the usual amount > of scintillating progress. The debate rages concerning whether > fisherman and boaters have the right to use local rivers and > streams, or whether landowners can claim domain and shut things > down. One suggestion coming from within the august legislature > is to require every watercraft to have a permit displayed. [What this > has to do with the legal issues involved is unclear to me.] > Said permit would of course cost a fee, collected by the state, > and would pertain to fishing boats, canoes, kayaks, and rafts. > It was not made clear if permits would be required for inner tubes > or swimming. Brad's comments are not too far off the mark on the access crisis, although my Senator's staff seems to think this bill has no legs ... or is a dog which will not hunt ... or something like that. In any event, the licensing requirement does not apply to watercraft less than 12 feet long ... so unless you have a reeeeaaaallllly large inner tube ... Here is a PDF file of the bill for those who want more detail: http://landru.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1028.intro.pdf -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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