I don't think it serves any good purpose to malign the landowners along the river. I know some historically haven't been welcoming to kayakers and canoers. I also know a few people in Sonora (and they are not "wealthy landowners") who have property on the river and their families have been there for a long time.
As we sometimes see with cavers, a few badly behaved people have over the years left these folks with a bad feeling about recreational river users. Examples are trash (including beer cans and bottles and paper), feces, used toilet paper... The point is that a decision such as this should not be made without input from the citizens of Texas. It is wrong for anyone to try to make a swap without us knowing about it and now that we do know about it we need to make our thoughts known to the state government officials who can influence the situation. So let's get at it. Jacqui ----- Original Message ----- From: Gill Edigar To: Jon Cc: back2scool...@hotmail.com ; tbsam...@verizon.net ; bburne...@austin.rr.com ; speleoste...@tx.rr.com ; Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: RE: [Texascavers] A major concern of Texas river runners I don't like the whole idea of it. But if it comes off for whatever reason the idea of a recreational easement (say 200 or 300 feet from each bank) being attached to the property should be firmly attached to it. It's too valuable a resource to be abandoned completely to capitalism. And I suspect the whole "Natural Area" concept will go out the window when private development options become available. --Ediger
