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Originally Posted by Arubaman
Buying Ames farm for a public boat ramp would not be cost effective for the State and the residents of the State. Right now the State has ample property to install a public boat ramp with plenty of parking for day boater's right at Ellacoya State Park. Without spending that much money a nice area could be built.
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I was told by a co-worker (who's also an avid fisherman) that he was told by Fish & Game people years ago that the reason a ramp was never pursued at Ellacoya was the need for significant dredging and it would take too much to get the necessary permits for that. He was also told, as snowbird said, the state considered the 17 (or so) working ramps adequate to provide public access to the lake.
Well, now there's only 16! And of those 16, how many have adequate parking for truck and trailer to go along with them???? Ames Farm has both; TWO ramps and PLENTY of parking! A public ramp is useless for an out-of-town boater trailering in if he has to park a 1/4 mile or more away! I know, that's probably music to the ears of
some lake property owners; god forbid I should be allowed to put my boat in
their lake, even though I AM a life-long NH resident!