[Paddlewise] BC MARINE TRAILS NETWORK - Assistance Required

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http://www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewforum.php?f=13

 From the above:  "The BCMNTA is collecting information about campsites 
along the entire coastline of British Columbia from Alaska to Washington, 
including both coasts of Vancouver Island. This is a huge undertaking that 
will take several years to complete. The finished network of trails will 
benefit paddlers for generations to come and will provide safe havens for 
paddlers from around the world who wish to paddle the magnificent coast of 
British Columbia."

This is a worthy, overdue effort, in my view.  The long and short of it is 
that evolution of land use pressures and recent shifts in ownership of 
near-shore lands on some of the most interesting and wonderful sections of 
the BC coastline appear to threaten the open access many of us have enjoyed 
  in some really primo areas:  Clayoquot Sound, Esperanza Inlet, Nootka 
Sound, Barkley Sound, etc.

Like many others, I have "concealed" some of my favorite sites for camping 
by sea kayak, believing that the less information out there, the better. 
Land use pressures in BC demand that paddlers make their voices loud to 
reserve and retain what we can for our needs ... and the BC Marine Trails 
Network seems dedicated to that end.

Please do not be intimidated by the idealized description of the detailed 
information they are seeking:  _any_ information in pictorial or verbal 
form you can provide will be useful.  Here's hoping a system similar to the 
Maine system will eventually result.  It is time for us to band together to 
help make this happen, whether a Canadian citizen or not.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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