Fee for Kayaks

[upthesaukee]

From Foster's Democrat article on the purchase:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121128/GJNEWS_01/121129308/-1/FOSNEWS

Reason to purchase:

Downing's Landing appealed to the state because it already contains the necessary components on site, Normandeau said. When the state built a ramp on Winnisquam Lake in Laconia four years ago, it used free land from the city, but still spent about $1.7 million to build the facility, he said.

“Here, we've got a ramp that basically we can start using tomorrow for $1 million,” he said.

Funding portion is as follows:

The purchase is being funded from two sources, according to Normandeau. One pot of money is boat registration fees, which yield $5 a piece for a Fish and Game's Public Boat Access Program. Maintenance of the department's 134 public boat ramps is funded by the registration fees.

The state will also use federal dollars from the Sport Fish Restoration Act, derived from a marine gas tax.

I thought it was a good idea at the time, and still think it was a good idea. JMHO. Yours may vary

[Grant]

The enforcement issue will be key. That's a lot of territory to cover and a lot of kayaks and canoes to monitor.

[RANGER CANOE CO]

Start counting Every body of water, 10 acres or more will need a sign
http://des.nh.gov/organization/commi...ments/olpw.pdf Whats next, Lease Ice Shack Space / Sq Ft?

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by RANGER CANOE CO

Start counting Every body of water, 10 acres or more will need a sign
http://des.nh.gov/organization/commi...ments/olpw.pdf Whats next, Lease Ice Shack Space / Sq Ft?

Probably, the people with the least problem affording a ten-dollar sticker will be the one's paddling or rowing a Ranger Canoe, www.rangercanoe.com which is made in Ashland NH, across the road from the Squam River outlet of Little Squam Lake. Compared to a used canoe purchased on craigslist for maybe 300-500 dollars, or less, the Ranger Canoes go for the big, big money.....a luxurious light-weight canoe selling for maybe $1400 so's the ten-dollar sticker will probably not even be an after-thought for the Ranger Canoe owner ... ten dollars ... well worth it ... after all ... it will help pay for the access launch facilities needed to get to the New Hampshire rivers and lakes.

When you go hike a trail in the White Mountain National Forest, it costs you either three-dollars for a one-day parking voucher, or twenty-dollars for a one-year windshield sticker for your car, and to park it there at the trail head, and the money pays for the White Mountain National Forest hiking trails and parking.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

From Foster's Democrat article on the purchase:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121128/GJNEWS_01/121129308/-1/FOSNEWS

Reason to purchase:

“Here, we've got a ramp that basically we can start using tomorrow for $1 million,” he said.I thought it was a good idea at the time, and still think it was a good idea. JMHO. Yours may vary.

• They spent $1 Million they didn't have.



• But it was Other People's Money, so spend it they did.



• Why aren't paddlers delighted to use the new launching ramp for only a $10 annual "fee"?



• Where I'm vacationing presently, each county in the state can vote themselves an increase in the local sales tax. Somebody's bright idea has TV commentators describing the proposed increase as the "one-penny sales tax".