Renewed request for comments on Waldo Lake in Oregon.

The Oregon Marine Board has received over 3000 letters and emails from people wanting the Waldo Lake to stay seaplane free. This is not in your best interest and I encourage you to act before the April 10th deadline for comments. Please go the Columbia Seaplane Pilots Association website http://c-spa.org/v2/access/comment-to-osmb.html. We have made it easier to submit a comment and while we don't encourage "Button Pushing" and robo emails this matter has become critical. There have been less than a dozen submissions supporting removing or revising the current rule that became effective in 2010.

Thanks for you help, if you have any questions please contact me, Bill Wainwright at: [email protected] or 503 293 7627

Dear Oregon State Marine Board members,

I am contacting you to request that you repeal the rule prohibiting floatplanes on Waldo Lake.

As a lifelong Oregonian, pilot, avid backpacker and paddler who has enjoyed Waldo lake via all modes and uses, I strongly support keeping it open to floatplanes.

Floatplanes are first and foremost a vehicle of conveyance to reach Waldo Lake, the same as a car, truck or SUV. They do not pollute the marine environment and do not create a safety hazard to others on the lake, as they do not "drive" around the lake for enjoyment like a boat; Floatplanes use the lake only as a runway. They land or takeoff, which amounts to a very light footprint. Commonly misperceived as powerboats, floatplanes do not insert their propeller or exhaust pipe into the water, and thus have virtually zero impact on the biological sanctity of a body of water, a conclusion supported by specific US Forest Service study.

Floatplanes are entitled to use the waters of the State of Oregon as their highway, which is protected by State and Federal law, in the absence of any safety or scientific concerns. Waldo lake is so seldom used for floatplanes, that the ruling to prohibit them is considered by most to be an egregious preemptive attack on the rights of Oregonians to use our lands and waters.

Please repeal the rule.

Sincerely,

Zane T. Jacobson
Lake Oswego, OR

Zane wrote:Additionally, $500 has been donated to the Columbia Seaplane Pilots Assoc Legal Fund on behalf of BCP.

-Z

Zane wrote:Additionally, $500 has been donated to the Columbia Seaplane Pilots Assoc Legal Fund on behalf of BCP.

-Z