A Usenet persona calling itself Grip wrote:

Well it was a knock on paddling flat water after all, and to be honest
everyone I boat with here in the East for the most part are very very
considerate of land owners wishes, and if an access issue, permission is
always asked first and honored if refused. This also goes for respecting
fishermen possibly encountered while sharing streams.

Good for you! I think that's probable true of most boaters, but I spar with
the zealots who don't give a damn about anything but their own pleasure.

As for the Eagles,
it's totally beyond me, and remember I have no idea of the circumstance
you're speaking of, how paddling past a nest, which are usually very high up
could possibly do harm. We're not talking fumes from noisey gas+oil motors
here.

So what? It's simply a fact that human presence and activity in wildlands
causes wildlife disturbances. The research has been done, and the results
are in.

I see a nesting pair almost every time I paddle a local stream, and on
more than one occaision see one or the other perched and ripping a fish
apart (yummy) paying me\us no heed. Take care.....

As long as it remains that way, you're fine. But again, you cannot
generalize about eagle behavior. Each pair is different, and the amount of
human presence they will tolerate is likewise different.

But you evade answering the questions, which we


And if it were class IV water? How would that justify harming (even
potentially) a protected species? Are you so selfish that you truly
believe
that absolutely nothing ought to be allowed to impede your ability to boat
wherever you want, whenever you want?

If not, under what circumstances WOULD you agree to voluntarily avoid a
specific area?

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