ORV and Plover MTG Scheduled

[fishonnelsons]

Thanks for the special attention to this topic. We need as much input, voices, letters etc. to this issue as possible. The key is we recognize the laws which protect the plovers, but insist their are options available to the Seashore Supt. to provide alternate access "on a temporary basis" when the plovers nesting areas combine to literally close 95% of the beaches to ORV access.

[BasicPatrick]

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.)

[Karl F]

Just a sampling of what we are up against:

http://audubonmagazine.org/features0...xclusives.html

http://audubonmagazine.org/features0701/incite.html

This is their mentality, and they have lots of money, lobbyists, and law firms.
We really need to unify all user groups, and fight as one.

[gone fishin]

Thanks for the info Karl.. It sure tells it as it is. 2007 summer is going to be critical. we will need all the support we can get.

[Maloney]

Karl, that article is an almost duplicate of what Mass Audubon published in that controversial edition of their Sanctuary Magazine back in the early 1990's about OSV access on the Vineyard and that blatantly propaganda photo of vehicles on Plymouth Beach.

[Karl F]

They stay on message all the time.. no deviation.
#'s & $.. and organization.. they have it down.
That is why I say Unity amongst all user groups is key on this, strong foe we are up against.

[jkswimmer]

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