Harvey Golden wrote: > I'll be the first to admit I know very little about this situation, but > it seems to me that a good starting point would be to ask the new owners > permission to use launching and camping sites. I know its not the > white thing to do, and we have a tried and true history of fixing such > inconveniences with violence and rascism, but it might be a nice > gesture. Harvey, as usual, yours is the voice of reason and rationality. In fact, the (sometimes intense) dialog on West Coast Paddler has pretty much evolved in that direction. However, there is quite a bit of anxiety up there about the future development of public lands which had previously been "locked up" by the BC government, at least on a de facto basis, for recreational use, in particular massive areas of Clayoquot Sound, etc. This is not just hand-wringing ... rather, it is honest concern, in the face of past practices of __some__ (not all) of the First Nations peoples in BC. Change is difficult, especially when a resource you thought was "safe" is no longer. -- 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Nov 04 2007 - 18:15:33 PST
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