Arkley Buys More Land

Looks like Rob Arkley bought yet more of the Samoa Dunes. This time it's land adjacent to the last property he bought. Both times the Friends of the Dunes were trying to buy the lands in question, but Arkley outbid them.

I'll agree with Arkley that I want to see less land in government hands but, his stated intention of fencing off the Dog Ranch area makes us private ownership advocates look bad. Wonder what he has in mind for this latest acquisition? I should hope it will be open for use by the public.

But, it looks like he's slated for a meeting with the Friends of the Dunes folks and hopefully they can reach agreement on some public access to the dune areas. In fairness to Arkley, though, if the Friends of the Dunes, along with the Coastal Conservancy, took possession of these areas, they might well be regulated out of public use anyway. Just look at how many restrictions have been applied, or are being proposed, to Clam Beach State Park.

It will be interesting to see how this works out in the long run.