Matunuck area cleanup emergency meeting

[tynan19]

When do the club beach cleanups start? Maybe S-B can do something to help.

[snake slinger]

i think the %$%$%$%$%$%$%$s that dumped %$%$%$%$ in the water origanally should be made to clean it up(thousands of lobster bands)

[Joe]

Why is it that when there is a disaster - then, it's everybody's beach, but on a nice day in July it's private? It does not seem right that the groups that work so hard when things go wrong have so little voice in the access issues.

It reminds me of story Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. You know, Santa puts him down along with everybody else, but then when It's foggy - he asks him to lead the sleigh. Rudolph was a sucker. Instead of telling him, "It would be an honor sir," Rudolph should have told the fat man that the price has gone up.

There will be other opportunities like this one as time goes on. The odds of a monster hurricane get better each year. After it hits the nice sportfishermen will go down and help get the place back to it's previous state, and then what? Bend over as the no parking signs go back up?

I think the parties who have a stake in access - Surfriders, RISAA, etc, should get together and say, "Sure we'll bring 500 people down there and clean it up, but we want some other access opened or something along those lines - use that positive power as a bargaining chip.

[Bill L]

Joe, I would say thats a good idea, but I dont really see much of an access issue in this stretch.


There will be a cleanup effort initiated by me, Narragansett Surfcasters member, Saturday morning at 0900 at Deep Hole lot. Anybody that wants to come pitch in is welcome. Lets see if we can get more fisherman than surfers
Thanks

[zacs]

i will try to be there.

Zac

[nightprowler]

anyone make it to the meeting?

[SeaWolf]

joe, sounds good, but ask risaa how hard it is sometimes working with the state? another reason why angler should be involved in a club of some kind - access protection.

as for right of ways, the more visible it is, more signage up, and more time it is in paper and print, the harder it is to have private land owners fight to have it removed. the lesser known ones that are continually "hidden" from the public could one day fall into court cases and be removed. and, if you think rhode island has access problems, dont come to connecticut.