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So Rich, don't forget that for the next 8 years the GCPBA MUST:
Defend the CRMP in court against the RRFW lawsuit, including;
A doubling in the number of launches for private boaters (in the fall, spring and winter);
Parity in user-days with commercial passengers (in a system that went to launches, and gives many less launches to the do-it-yourselfers in the summer);
Substitution of a lottery for a 20+ year waiting list (Even the NPS estimates the wait to win the lottery will be the same as the wait on the witing list. It's a "Change the permit sysytem" concept instead of changing the summertime access ratios);
A guarantee that un-used launches and user-days won't be reallocated to the outfitters (what unused allocation? The GCPBA also suports not shifting un-used commercial allocation to the non-commercilas);
A shorter motor season (Yes, a shorter motor season that has resulted in MORE motorized watercraft on the river);
A ten year agreement to oppose wilderness protection for the river.
A ten year suport of 14,000 commercial passengers being able to raft the Canyon in the summer when only 2,000 do-it-yourselfers get the same oppertunity.
An assumption that the trashing of the river's wilderness character and an obfuscation of the ratio of real people and real dates to the summer season will somehow go away if RRFW loses in the courts.
Yours, Tom
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