Maybe some good news for Blue Notch launching.

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BJL said:
Recreation: activity done for enjoyment when one is not working. I would offer that there are many different types of recreational activities done for enjoyment. Seems like multi use should allow for a few places of access with respite from noise.
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Eighteen hundred miles of shoreline , when full , probably a thousand miles at current water level. Vehicle access to maybe forty miles of shoreline probably less. How much quiet area do you need.
 
mobilerat said:
Eighteen hundred miles of shoreline , when full , probably a thousand miles at current water level. Vehicle access to maybe forty miles of shoreline probably less. How much quiet area do you need.
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I love being told what my problems are by other entities lol. Not once in the hundreds of times camping in/on/near blue notch have I thought “man I wish it was quieter…”
 
BJL said:
Recreation: activity done for enjoyment when one is not working. I would offer that there are many different types of recreational activities done for enjoyment. Seems like multi use should allow for a few places of access with respite from noise.
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The current issue at the Blue Notch area is not environmental, like noise or erosion, it is about being able to access the area by the public for recreation. Specifically, access to the actual shore line by land below the high water mark by any kind of motorized vehicle, excluding snowmobiles and motorized wheelchairs. It does not stop motorized boats from accessing the shoreline which now have to motor up the lake from Halls Crossing or Bullfrog to access the Blue Notch area. So, this really seems to be about controlling the public that actually use(d) this launching point for Lake Powell. The "recreation area" management has shut down the upper half of the lake for recreation, after we lost Hite, Farley's, and White Canyon access points. The management should be doing all they can to maintain the only public access left on the North end of the lake, for now.

Does this closure affect access for the fish survey which I understand shore line access is used?
 
Here is some good news for us that use the Blue Notch access to Lake Powell as well as for other areas that were restricted from use.

H.J.Res. 60 (Rep. Maloy): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles".
-- Considered by Senate.
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 43. Record Vote Number: 239
-- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
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