NYCkayaker NYC Water Trail

[Erik Baard]

This is wonderful progress. As some of you recall, I lobbied to have the
lower East River, Hudson River, and Kill Van Kull added to the Hudson River
Watertrail as befits waterways defined by the NYS DEC's definition of the
Hudson River Estuary. Commissioner Lewandowski was far more ambitious and
did an amazing job of rallying city resources and other allies to make this
happen.

Now we must amend City Parks permits to reflect responsible and enjoyable
usage of the launches, with night and winter paddling allowed when dry suits
and lights are used. Maybe even marine radios?

And City Parks are only the beginning. Representatives from the state and
national parks agencies attended, but we need commitments that they will be
full partners in the NYC Water Trail. The NY State Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Historic Preservation has a shameful record of ignoring
requests and passively cutting communication on this issue. But with a new
administration comes new hope. Let's gently but relentlessly press
for paddling and rowing in all state parks. At Gateway, let's push for more
liberal permit policies and a boathouse at Floyd Bennet Field that's served
by convenient and regular bus service.

Best to all,

Erik

http://www.naturecalendar.wordpress.com

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Harold Lifshutz <hl16 at nyu.edu> wrote:

> not only is it online for viewing but the online version is regularly
> updated and has more  sites than the map. That's what was said at the
> inauguration yesterday.
> harold
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Wiener <dwiener at earthlink.net>
> Date: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:57 am
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker NYC Water Trail
> To: 'nyckayaker' <nyckayaker at rockandwater.net>
>
>
> > Never mind, I found this link
> >
> >  http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/kayak/
> >
> >  Dennis Wiener wrote:
> >  > Do you know if its available for online viewing?
> >  >
> >  > G C wrote:
> >  >
> >  >> Yesterday, Going Coastal released a waterproof  NYC Watertrail Map
> > & Guide at an event staged at Brooklyn's Valentino Pier.  The map,
> > developed in partnership with NYC Parks and supported by I Love NY
> > tourism campaign, shows 28 legal launch access points. 10,000 maps are
> > available at city parks, boathouses, paddling and rowing clubs,
> > outfitters and retailers. Let us know if you want a quantity for
> > distribution at your boathouse or club by sending an email to
> > goingcoastalnyc at gmail.com.
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-- 
Erik Baard

www.licboathouse.org
www.naturecalendar.com