Good points, tough issue...
In the end, I think access must be made to all, regardless of where resident. Joe has a good point about the "well off fly fishers" too.
I do think that enforcement of littering should be started. When was the last time you heard of someone getting busted for tossing stuff out of a car window? Doesn't happen... On the flip side, how often have you seen trash bins overflowed for days or a week before pickup?
Get regualr law enforcement & EPOs writing citations for littering. Not the big $2000 dollar fine once a year to one or two people to make it look good but a $200 fine WHENEVER it's seen - heck, give firefighters & school teachers the authority too (just not the audobon society
). After a couple years of thousands upon thousands of written $100 fines per community, some budjet shortfalls will have been helped out, people will hesitate before tossing trash, and the areas will get cleaner...
On that note, who else has seen an increase in the teenage beach partying just since school is out?
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