Re: Potential Ally in preserving access to Bay

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Date: Tue Mar 16 1999 - 10:31:48 PST


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In a message dated 3/16/99 9:52:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, edscott@best.com-DeleteThis
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> >By implementing conservation projects that both provide public access and
> >protect the bay's natural lands, TPL's new San Francisco Bay Waterfront
> >Program will protect remaining wetlands and tidelands habitat, 95 percent
> >of which has already been lost to development; help people make a
> >connection to their natural environment; and foster a desire among
> >residents to further
> >preserve and enhance the bay shoreline.
>
> Thanks for the reference. Isn't there a conflict between access for
> windsurfing and preserving wetlands/tidelands habitats? Unfortunately,
> this is an issue that we, as windsurfers, will have to grapple with at
> some point in time. If we don't, we risk losing lots more access as the
> competing pressures between access, environment and development play out.
> Witness the Third Ave. and Crissy Field situations, where launches,
> rigging areas and parking have been lost to wetland restoration. The
> Airport expansion poses similar problems. We may have to get into a
> dialog with environmental groups to coordinate our efforts and not work
> at cross purposes since money interests will be on the other side.
>
> -Ed

I have put in a call to Andrew Haupt at TPL to discuss how our interests
coincide. It would be great to have some long term plans to supplement our
incident by incident responses dealing with issues like Coyote, the Airport,
parking changes at 3rd. Thanks for the lead.

Peter



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