LDWF cancels houseboat mooring on WMAs

[pattaway]

LDWF cancels houseboat mooring on WMAs
Just received a letter from Assistant Secretary Jimmy Anthony saying the LDWF is canceling the mooring of houseboats on the Coastal Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) due to funding and condition of the mooring areas. As a houseboat owner I found this a cruel joke. I received the letter on Friday the 13th, but it was no joke. The Department has shut it down. I find it hard to believe that the Department can't find the few dollars it takes to manage the permitting program. As as far as condition of the mooring areas is concerned, the Wax is just fine.

If anyone else is concerned about this late turn of events please let me know. The Department won't change policy for one person but will for a group of concered tax payers.

What a thing to do this close to the waterfowl season just after the record numbers were announced.

Pattaway@cox.net