Plovers anyone?

[likwid]

Originally Posted by piemma

A question of symantics perhaps.
I still feel that I pay my taxes and this is one of the rights that I pay for. The right to free access to federal lands as long as I do no harm in accessing the space.

We certainly will not settle this here.

Hey they could instantly say eff em all and sell it all off for a very nice profit to private developers. Imagine the condos they could put in the lot at Coast Guard Beach with private members only access! Turn the lighthouse into an exclusive bed and breakfast at $500 a night!

Man. All the logging in White Forest National Park! Woo! Luxury Condos! Greeeeeeeed! Libertarianssssssssssss!

[piemma]

I believe JFK set aside the CCNS "in perpetuity" for the American public.

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7, 1961 by President John F, Kennedy
.

"The CCNS is run by the National Park ServiceNational Park Service
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, with the dual goal of protecting precious, ecologically fragile land, while allowing the public to enjoy a unique resource.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by piemma

I believe JFK set aside the CCNS "in perpetuity" for the American public.

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7, 1961 by President John F, Kennedy
.

"The CCNS is run by the National Park ServiceNational Park Service
The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
, with the dual goal of protecting precious, ecologically fragile land, while allowing the public to enjoy a unique resource.

I hope that stays true. Forever.

[2na]

Paul, all of the locals in Provincetown (and remember, back in the day it was just the portuguese community) would set up a tent and claim an area of beach in May for the summer. One of the guys was showing me pics of him and his family on the beach in tents in the late 1940's - that is how it was done. I'm pretty sure that 63# George got was November 3 1981 - there is a pic of him with the fish on the wall at Nelson's, I think.

Lastly, 'while allowing the public to enjoy a unique resource' - what a statement for lawyers to turn and parse into something it doesn't mean.

[Karl F]

OK P and 2na... now I gotta go dig thru my archives...
I got a Cape Codder article from the 50's somewhere in the "history heap"... where the town fathers in P-town and Truro.. (remember this was pre NPS)..address the "tent cities" in the dunes, and the deploreable unsanitary conditions etc., and other issues they had..
I also remember Bob Andrews reminisceing to me on this issue a few years ago....he was Pres. of the mbba during that blow-up, and somehow the club got involved...but it kinda led to the designation of what became the "self-contained" campers... ( mostly bread trucks and sedan delivery wagons converted, back then... a few steel sided jeeps too) back then... the tents kinda went away..but a few die hards like George flew under the radar...for the most part.

And yes Mike...P-town was a much different town then, than it is now.... as is the whole cape...

It was a more bohemian lifestyle years ago on the cape...free and easy...lot more wide open places too.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by 2na

Paul, all of the locals in Provincetown (and remember, back in the day it was just the portuguese community) would set up a tent and claim an area of beach in May for the summer. One of the guys was showing me pics of him and his family on the beach in tents in the late 1940's - that is how it was done. I'm pretty sure that 63# George got was November 3 1981 - there is a pic of him with the fish on the wall at Nelson's, I think.

Lastly, 'while allowing the public to enjoy a unique resource' - what a statement for lawyers to turn and parse into something it doesn't mean.

You are probably right. George told me the story long ago and I probably have the dates wrong. I have not been in Nelson's since Emelo sold it. There were a bunch of us that hung out up stairs back in the day. I slept in the parking lot in my truck for a lot of years and Emelo was just the best guy.