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| allenmd1980 |
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 Registered Member #5450 Joined: Sat Feb 02 2008, 01:38 pmPosts: 55 | Hi Everyone, I was at the Sacandaga Outdoor Center yesterday and spoke with the manager on this project. The SOC is trying to get the rodeo hole project completed the way it was intended to be and need our show of support to get it moving again. A phone call or email to the supervisor voicing your support for the project is all that is needed. Apparently, there is some local opposition to completing the project as the two boulders that were put in are being used as an example of increasing the danger to boaters. It appears to be just one person with a personal vendetta that is against the project so I believe our support should more than be enough to get past one person's opposition. Hadley Town Website: Hadley Supervisor Arthur (Mo) Wright supervisorwright©townofhadley.org (518) 696-4797 | ||
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| Bob™ |
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 Registered Member #660 Joined: Thu Aug 12 2004, 09:27 pmPosts: 654 | That's the argument we should be using to get the play feature fixed. As it stands, the "feature" is somewhat an entrapment hazard for tubers who lack the ability to ferry around it. Water does flow through the gaps in the placed rocks, it's just a matter of time before one of them is filled with an ankle. That said, I'm all in favor of someone getting their a$$es in gear and fixing the feature, or getting rid of it entirely. This is a public resource afterall. Don't be a ficken chucker. | ||
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| Mint Julep |
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 Registered Member #1033 Joined: Thu Sep 23 2004, 08:00 pmPosts: 221 | So the good folk of Hadley voted in a town supervisor named Mo? | ||
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| sandman130 |
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| Registered Member #5715 Joined: Wed May 28 2008, 02:37 pmPosts: 19 | Done. I really hope they fix it! | ||
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| msj |
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 Registered Member #137 Joined: Mon Jul 19 2004, 10:35 amPosts: 319 | Granted, I haven't paid a "hole" lot of attention to this situation lately, but glad to hear there is still any life left to the project at all. I'll be calling, and emailing, and calling again, and emailing again. I hope many, many others do the same. Who knows, I never thought I'd see the Lookout Mountain expansion at Whiteface completed in my lifetime, so maybe there's a chance I'll see my playboat on a decent feature at the Sac before I check out as well. Dare to dream! | ||
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| ChuckS |
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  Registered Member #4 Joined: Wed Mar 17 2004, 06:54 pmPosts: 680 | Sent. ------------------------------------------ Good Day Mr Wright; I am a kayaker who regularly drives some 70 plus miles (one way) to visit your town and take advantage of the Sacandaga River. While I don't always stay the night I always stop locally in town at a few of the stores and other attractions in the area and spend some of my "tourist" dollars. This year alone I've been up a dozen times and introduced three new people to the river. The Sacandaga river is a tremendous resource that should be maximized to its fullest extent. I support completing the river modifications already started. The benefits would be to fix the current status of the feature, and to recognize the untapped tourism generating potential. For long stretches of the summer, there are no reliable white water releases or flows in much of the upstate area. The river modifications as designed will add a considerable incentive for many kayakers to travel to the area. I support completing the project as designed. Thank you Charles S NPMB.COM American Whitewater Volunteer | ||
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| Kayakguy |
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 Registered Member #4202 Joined: Sat Sep 16 2006, 09:32 amPosts: 90 | Arthur Wright Hello!! I am a kayaker from Clifton Park. I have been kayaking on the Sacandaga about 15 times per year over the past 4 years. I have nothing but good things to say for your town, the Sacandage Outdoor Center, Brookfield power, and all of the people I have met on the river (Kayakers, fishers, rafters, and tubers). Everyone is always friendly and respectfull to the natural beauty of the area. The changes I have seen over the past 4 years have also been very positive: the park on river right above the Bow bridge, the Bow bridge renovation, and the river improvements below the bridge. Thank you for supporting these changes. I understand that further changes to the lower rapids are under consideration. I have seen some of the plans for these changes and I strongly support them. I feel they will be beneficial to the kayakers, rafters, and tubers who use the river. I think the town will see further increases in tourist traffic as these changes continue. This river is a real gem and I think it is currently only realizing about 50% of its true potential. I am not sure where the decision process stands, but if you are looking for outside input, my vote is to make the river changes. If you are looking for some people to attend town meetings to express opinions, I would be glad to do that also. As a professional engineer and an experienced Kayaker, I feel that I can express a valued opinion on the positive merits of this change. Thank you for your time Bob W Clifton Park, NY 518-461-3252 You can't have too much fun in life..... ....but you can have too little | ||
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| Kayakguy |
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| Registered Member #4202 Joined: Sat Sep 16 2006, 09:32 amPosts: 90 | As an aside, what is the issue with the rocks below the bridge?? It is easy to stay right and avoid any danger. It is fun to split them. Left is abit boring and you have to work to get there in the first place. At most this is a class 3 feature with no risk of pinning or getting re-circed....the worst that happens is you swim and there is plenty of eddy below. ...any thoughts?? You can't have too much fun in life..... ....but you can have too little | ||
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| swank |
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  Registered Member #3953 Joined: Thu Jul 20 2006, 09:07 amPosts: 69 | Is there a similar play park that has been very successful that I can refer to in my email/phone call? To remind (or inform) him that its been done before to great success, both for boaters and the community? "One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen is to go about repeating the very phrases which our fathers used in the struggle for Independence." -Historian Charles A. Beard | ||
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| Kayakguy |
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| Registered Member #4202 Joined: Sat Sep 16 2006, 09:32 amPosts: 90 | Not sure if there would be a similar play park. Probably the closest comparison would be the Salmon river in Pulaski. With the exception that you could paddle the Sac every day as opposed to a handfull of weekends per year on hte Salmon. [ Edited Sat Sep 06 2008, 05:08 pm ] You can't have too much fun in life..... ....but you can have too little | ||
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