On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 02:17:06 -0700, "Matt Broze" <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com> said: > This is not correct for many if not most of the beaches of WA. And where > Bradford is correct, it is usually the average high tide line > (approximately the log line) that is the border between public beach and private > property. So the public beach is legally available to kayakers for landing most of > the time except high tide. Public access and property laws vary across the united states. In Massachusetts the property owners own to the LOW tide line. You can only legally walk the beach if you have a fishing rod - a fine antiquated law. From what I've heard Colorado has the worst access laws in the US. The property owner owns the stream beds and the air above the water - this is my recollection and far from definitive. > As a result residents have done what they can to reduce the > number of put-ins available for kayakers in those islands whenever they > could. They have been quite successful in that endeavor. Access definitely varies by town. In Orleans Massachusetts (on cape cod) there are 37 public landings, which I find phenomenal for a single town. 30+ town landings has the advantage of distributing the load so no one area is overwhelmed. I haven't the slightest idea how Orleans came to have so many public landings, having that many launch sites is wonderful. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 01 2007 - 18:48:35 PDT
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