I like the suggestion of slower speed limits. That would definitely
curtail the youth. I know at a local state fishing reserve, in most
of the lakes the use of a boat motor is prohibited. You have to row
or have a trolling motor. There are serious fines and troubles if
you disobey too.
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Suzanne
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
--- In "John Hartog"
<> wrote:
>
> Hi Moe,
>
> Thanks for sharing, I found that interesting. I like Les Blomberg's
> ten approaches especially limiting "thrillcraft" and boat noise.
>
> I might add lowering the allowed speed of all vehicles could also
> quiet things down. The snow mobile and motorboat crowd might go away
> if they get a hefty fine whenever they are over 5 mph.
>
> I found another interesting article linked at the bottom: Noise
> Pollution Threatens Birds.
> http://www.livescience.com/animals/061101_ovenbird_noise.html
> Which has a link to an ovenbird calling in compressor station noise.
>
> - John Hartog
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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