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FYI my S-B friends. MBBA has retained the services of a major DC Law Firm to assist with a strategy to improve our access to CCNS at both the Backside and Nauset. This strategy has been made with realistic goals and input from some of the most knowledgeable experts in the pro-access community. MBBA made a commitment to fund this action all by themselves. This action will cost a minimum of $6000 and will most probably run much higher. At this past weekends meeting of the United Mobile Sport Fishermen held in NJ, (at which I was appointed Executive Director), the over thirty clubs from up and down the east coast realized the importance of this strategy and approved a donation of $2000 to assist MBBA in this endeavor. We, the local users, should really raise as much as possible to fight this battle. We, the recreational public, frequently loose these type of battles because we are outspent, especially in the legal department. I urge all groups, including this web/club/community, to do whatever fundraising it can in order to assist MBBA in representing our access interests. Also, urging towns like P-Town, Truro, Chatham and Orleans to do what they can to contribute to this effort is of the utmost importance. After this past election and with the current political trend in both USFW & NPS, we can count on a constant assault on our access to special places. The only way we can stand and fight to protect our access is by backing our community representatives (like MSBA, MBBA, UMS, RFA, etc.)
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