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I can understand where alot of waterfront homeowners are upset. We all see how many clowns trash the beaches. From teens and young adults partying on the beach to the unruly fisherman (yeh, it happens). But in those cases, the cops should give them the boot. Kids drinking on the beach, give 'em the boot. Guy fishing and swilling beers and tossing the empties - see ya. But there are alot of people, much like ourselves that are respectful of these people and often leave the places cleaner then when we got to there. Unfortunately, we pay the price for the bad manners of others.
And there are also alot of places that if you looked at the town zone maps, you will see paths for public or at least community access. Most of these access points are overgron, unavailable, or incorporated into someone's yard - that ain't cool... On the other hand, I know several areas where the owners of beachfront property allow people to access the shore through there yards. But this has been jeopardized in some cases from people abusing that access. A few people ruining it for the majority.
Fortunately, some clubs like Mass Beach Buggy http://www.mbba.net have shore access commitees that focus on maintaining and restoring shore access to fishing. NPSFA has done so in some cases as well. As a matter of fact, NPSFA is donating some shoreline land it owns (I believe originally inherited from a will) to the Town of Narragansett providing the town always keeps this parcel of lanf open to public access and to maintain trash bins and the like... Nice thing for the club to do...
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