http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=63409
Another alert from Chris Manthos!
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AWA Nationwide Rider Alert:
Good People,
A few years back the National Park Service, for no reason, and without any public input whatsoever, categorically banned all personal watercraft from Biscayne National Park in south Florida.
In 2004, the AWA was part of a coalition asking Biscayne to conduct an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine what, if any, impact PWC had on these public waters. Yet again, without reason and certainly with prejudice, the Park denied this common sense approach at science and fairness.
Clearly, they didn’t want to face the results of such an assessment. In every other park service unit where an EA has been conducted the results have been what we already know: PWC do not impact natural resources any more than any other type of boat. Indeed, far less so.
15 out of 15 of the environmental assessments conducted to date say what we already knew. 15 out of 15…! So what’s the problem with Biscayne and the truth?
The AWA is once again part of the pro-access coalition asking the park service to do the right thing and conduct an EA. This is an issue of equality.
Why does the no-access crowd hate freedom and equality?
We need your help to reopen these public waters back up to PWC. Sign up for free action alerts and send your Congressional Representative an email at the same time informing them of how you feel about this bizarre form of discrimination.
It will take two minutes to log onto www.boatbiscayne.com and take action. Every email and contact counts. The more informed of the facts you are surrounding this ridiculous denial of public access to publicly owned water, the better!
Sign up today and even if you never ride Biscayne, this is part of a larger issue of PWC access nationwide. Join in the defense of
your Freedom to Ride with your AWA.
Make your voice heard. Log on to www.boatbiscayne.com and make a difference.
The American Watercraft Association …defending your Freedom to Ride.
Another alert from Chris Manthos!
Quote:
AWA Nationwide Rider Alert:
Good People,
A few years back the National Park Service, for no reason, and without any public input whatsoever, categorically banned all personal watercraft from Biscayne National Park in south Florida.
In 2004, the AWA was part of a coalition asking Biscayne to conduct an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine what, if any, impact PWC had on these public waters. Yet again, without reason and certainly with prejudice, the Park denied this common sense approach at science and fairness.
Clearly, they didn’t want to face the results of such an assessment. In every other park service unit where an EA has been conducted the results have been what we already know: PWC do not impact natural resources any more than any other type of boat. Indeed, far less so.
15 out of 15 of the environmental assessments conducted to date say what we already knew. 15 out of 15…! So what’s the problem with Biscayne and the truth?
The AWA is once again part of the pro-access coalition asking the park service to do the right thing and conduct an EA. This is an issue of equality.
Why does the no-access crowd hate freedom and equality?
We need your help to reopen these public waters back up to PWC. Sign up for free action alerts and send your Congressional Representative an email at the same time informing them of how you feel about this bizarre form of discrimination.
It will take two minutes to log onto www.boatbiscayne.com and take action. Every email and contact counts. The more informed of the facts you are surrounding this ridiculous denial of public access to publicly owned water, the better!
Sign up today and even if you never ride Biscayne, this is part of a larger issue of PWC access nationwide. Join in the defense of
your Freedom to Ride with your AWA.
Make your voice heard. Log on to www.boatbiscayne.com and make a difference.
The American Watercraft Association …defending your Freedom to Ride.
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