Here we go again!!
G-Spot lots of good thoughts here and very well thought out. I can agree with much of what you said but unfortunately its the few that ruin it for the many. Respect for private land has gone to hell. Case and Point; I live up on the Sauk and Skagit and my neigbor owns over a hundred acres on the Sauk. It is an old homestead property passed on to him by his father. Years ago he never had a problem with anglers crossing his land to fish the river, in fact he enjoyed getting fish from them and talkin with them. Over the years though more and more people started disrespecting his land and even the homestead he grew up in, even stealing things from the house that were there since he was a kid. Anglers started leaving garbage out all over the gravel bar and worse yet cutting his fences to access the river. Fences put up to keep his cattle in and off the river bank. Last year was the straw that broke the camels back for him. Some Angler went in cut one fence and left a gate wide open and also left garbage all over the bank. Some of his cattle were out on the river bar and a few wandered out on to HWY 530 resulting in a $200.00 dollar fine per cow out on the road. If someone were to hit one of the cows on the road he would have been not only liable for the driver but would have also been out the $ for the cow. After this incedent he posted his entire property and has recently even had trespassers vehicles towed away and called the State Patrol on them. "All it takes is the few to ruin it for the many." So before passing judgment on the land owners,...put yourself in their shoes for a minute.