The Future in PA is Grim!

[Hunttroutbum]

Seems like just something to get everyone wound up about. For no reason.

 

[Hunttroutbum]

Like a hoard mentality.

 

[Hunttroutbum]

Sorry. Herd mentality.

 

[Hunttroutbum]

Maybe I mis understood. Is this all private property rights or public property?

 

[CRB]

If fishermen want easements, than gather together push to perhaps use one of the stamps that has been created and gather enthusiasm for it and push the Pafbc to use the money for that .
Before 2004 there were no fishing easements in the state, no criteria for payment nor program for it.
It was fisher peoples in Erie County who fought for them and enlisted local businesses and local tourism board. The push the Pafbc.
Organize a group and make it large and then push the agenda. Numbers sway the commission. I pushed it along with my club and others in the area.
Individuals alone do not carry the weight of a large group.
A force divided with agendas tuned to wild vs stocked fly vs spin bait vs artificial will not get an easement program state wide. Nor will it create large mileages state wide, quickly.

 

[FisherOfMen]

Pennsylvania Awarded $2.8 Million USDA Grant to Expand Fishing Access on Private Lands | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

The Farm Bill-funded Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) provides critical funding for state and tribal governments to increase public access opportunities for hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation on private lands.

www.trcp.org

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/voluntary-public-access-and-habitat-incentive-program/voluntary-public-access

Pennsylvania​

Organization: Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

Amount: $2,797,720

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will create and enhance public access for fishing and boating, as well as other types of outdoor recreation, by offering financial incentives to owners of privately held lands to make their lands available to the public.

Anyone know where this money went or is going?

 

[purplewoolly]

Just wait until private equity gets in on this game. I completely agree about hating the privatization of natural resources. Not everything needs to be monetized and turned into an income stream.

Income stream, like what you did there.