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Originally Posted by Karl F

Not trying to recreate the mess we had up there a few years ago, but, sticker sales are important, lack of sales to those in charge = lack of interest.
A clear example of this, in my town, this year, they saw a drop in the # of permits for Nauset Beach, and a drop the year prior... they are already factoring running the town without the revenue from the sticker sales, diminishing it to 0 income , projected out over the next 3-5 fiscal years, and some of the bean counters that run this town, are already saying what a savings it would be to the town to not have it, personel, (pay and bennies etc.) equipment, ( depreciation and maintenence etc.), etc. ... they even talk of it like it would be a Good Thing!.. I am sure the Park Service bean counters would look at a diminished sticker income the same way.
Buying a sticker, while it doesn't have the same bang for the buck it once did, is still a way, of telling those in charge, to Keep It Open!

One thing you must remember Karl is that if Orleans/Chatham decide to fold on the running of Nauset (what's left) they would by agreement turn it over to actually has the final say on your beach that being the federal government and guess who? The National Park Service as Nauset beach is in fact part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. I have no idea what would happen then but most likely they would somehow keep it open and a. The CCNS ORV sticker would cover Nauset as well and b. the resident only north beach thing would go the way of the dinosoaur as it would be seen as discriminating as the park actually belongs to all US citizens, so your happy hunting ground to Nauset inlet would be open for business to all comers and this would of course be helpfull in the CCNS/NPS fight for control over south beach/south Monomoy. The dune camps might be better protected than they are now as they are actaully on Federal Land would be retained as historical landmarks and grandfathered use. Wow this might be a good thing for non residents to get a waider range of beach for our 150.00 sticker but suck for you townies as your sticker cost would go up and your resi beach would be open for all. Hmmmm...........