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Originally Posted by DBreskin
Perhaps you meant *publicly funded* robust access.
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Nope I meant FREE. Publicly funded means something different to me. I pay a registration to use NH waters, and my fees should be enough for others who dont need to register (kayakers, row boats and others) to use the facilities for free.
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Originally Posted by DBreskin
Registration fees are paid to the state, not the town, aren’t they?
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Yes, and with snowmobile registration those funds are redistributed back to local snowmobile clubs to maintain the trails. If the state is not sending some of the registration fees back to the local communities, then they should be raising hell over it.
Truthfully I'm not sure who maintains public boat ramps in NH, but you can make a solid argument that both the state and local communities benefit from the visitors coming to use these facilities so they should both play a role in making them as robust as possible.