Bradford Crain drbc_at_pdx.edu wrote: .......Beaches in Washington state are privately owned. Very inconvenient for kayakers....... This is not entirely correct. Washington has a patchwork system. Many beaches are public to the mean high water line but others are completely private. One has to do the research. May private landowners on watefront like to give the impression that they own the beach rights when, in fact, they don't. This has causes conflicts between property owners and kayakers and in the San Juan Islands many, once public, launch sites near ferry terminals were closed off to try to stop a lot of kayakers from landing on what are actually public beaches in front of private lands. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 17 2012 - 18:21:47 PDT
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