Public Scoping Comments

Comment Chart from 05/04/10 public meeting for Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan
The issues identified at the meeting are the headings in the table.
Law
Enforcement
(LE)/Rules
How will you
provide
sufficient law
enforcement?
Infrastructure/ Trails/OHV
Maintenance
Camping
Dogs/Horses
Cooperation
Natural
Resources
Need trash cans
and regular
maintenance of
them.
Designate as
“Day Use
Only” to
reduce
problems.
Create a separate
area for dogs.
Coordinate with
the tribes in their
plans for
development.
Post notices at
beach about
comment
period.
Need regular
LE patrol.
Create one or
more volunteer
host sites.
Long-term
camping has
decreased due
to loss of
vegetation
and places to
hide.
Many roads
criss-cross
foredune;
trash issues.
Make the stay
limit 1 or 2
days; have
designated
sites.
Need larger
partnership with
other agencies;
more inclusive.
Need invasive
species control.
Create a
Volunteer
Citizen Patrol
with a
contributed
4x4 vehicle
and have
contact info
on site.
People are
dumping
sewage from
RV’s onto
the jetty
parking area.
Pave the
parking areas.
Vehicles
should be
restricted to
roads and
parking areas.
Make site “No
Camping”
zone.
Problem with
dogs under
command vs.
leash. Should
leashes be
required?
Consider banning
horses due to
their droppings.
Can there be
shared
jurisdiction? US
Coast Guard?
Long term
erosion will
change the
issues.
County road
maintenance
moved sand
into parking
areas.
Need vehicle
visibility
from
surf and
beach access.
Address
campsites and
camping on
beach.
Leash & clean-up
laws and
enforcement
needed.
Is County
involved?
Leave the
headlands as is.
Biggest problem
is dumping.
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Comment Chart from 05/04/10 public meeting for Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan
The issues identified at the meeting are the headings in the table.
Law
Enforcement
(LE)/Rules
Need after
hours LE
especially at
low tide.
Infrastructure/ Trails/OHV
Maintenance
Camping
Dogs/Horses
Cooperation
Natural
Resources
Need signs
addressing
issues.
Rules for
BLM trails –
different
designations
(foot/vehicle).
Need leash law
for dogs - many
off-leash.
Create a Special
District for safety.
Test run-off
water for health
issues.
Do not allow
alcohol.
Use “Pack it in;
Pack it out”
signs.
Want trail
from OIMB
to beach.
Camping is
appreciated.
14 Days is
reasonable.
One of the few
places left to
do it.
Tents and
sleeping bags
only on beach.
Supply bags and
disposal for pet
waste.
Create a festival
for kites/sand
castles.
Need help for
beach
Ranger.
Place barriers at
the ends of
open sand roads
to keep vehicles
off the beach.
Place signs
with use ethics
information.
Lack of
sanitary facility
and garbage
cans.
Keep 2 or 3
access routes
to foredune
but others
could be
closed.
Illegal camping
on beach.
Have more
informational and
regulation signs at
the private RV
park and at
Bastendorff.
Preserve
sensitive
environmental
areas.
Keep access to
the beach open.
No vehicles
on beach or
dunes.
Implement a
check-in for
free camping.
Improve access to
the beach on the
South end, from
the highway.
More LE is
needed.
Remove all
vegetation on
the foredunes
from Miner
Creek outlet
south to the RV
Park.
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Comment Chart from 05/04/10 public meeting for Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan
The issues identified at the meeting are the headings in the table.
Law
Enforcement
(LE)/Rules
Fireworks
should be
allowed.
Infrastructure/ Trails/OHV
Maintenance
Camping
Bathrooms
could have a
combination
lock for
security.
Tents only – no
RV’s
Set up a
Beach Watch
and put up
signs.
Need more
restrooms.
Illegal
alcohol and
drug use.
Need more
garbage cans.
Maintain
access for
surfers so
they can see
their vehicles
while surfing.
Need beach
access for
people with
limited
mobility.
Designate
nonmotorized
trails for
pedestrians
and horses.
Dogs/Horses
Cooperation
Natural
Resources
Allow camping
in summer.
Require a fire
permit.
Ban glass
bottles.
Use recycle
bins.
Install restroom
with shower or
ability to wash
off sand.
Illegal
Bathrooms and
fireworks and showers would
unattended
be nice; picnic
fires a
tables, too. Put
problem.
in a bike path.
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Comment Chart from 05/04/10 public meeting for Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan
The issues identified at the meeting are the headings in the table.
Law
Enforcement
(LE)/Rules
Do not allow
campfires on
beach. Do
not allow
camping on
beach.
Issues with
drug and
alcohol use –
shared LE
needed.
Infrastructure/ Trails/OHV
Maintenance
Camping
Dogs/Horses
Cooperation
Natural
Resources
Install rail
along road on
west side.
Post regulations
more clearly on
site.
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