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To: Christina_Young@Wa*.Me*.co*
To: io@st*.ac*.uk*
Subject: Re[2]: USA wreck protection
From: "David COOPER" <David.Cooper@cc*.ad*.wi*.ed*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Cc: nautarch@sa*.ed*
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 95 08:40:46 CST

Christina:

Thanks for your remarks.  The public bottomlands I am referring to are the
federal waters of the US covered under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act, state
waters covered under the ASA and the Submerged Lands Act, and (in the case
referred to in the editorial) state and US waters designated as National Marine
Sanctuaries.  Everyone knows that wrecks will not be preserved forever: I am
simply suggesting that we can seek to tread a little more lightly while we use
them.  Preservation is socialism?!  Hunters, fishermen, outdoorsmen, divers,
sailors, hikers, etc. the world over call it good stewardship.  The principle
may be idealistic, but it has stood the test of time for many people in many
different outdoor sports and deserves better than to be labelled "naive."

DJ Cooper

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