Subject: Three Crabs Area/Dungeness Farms Property
Date: Aug 23 10:08:38 2004
From: Kraig,Eric - kraige at oclc.org



In many areas of the sound and strait, tidelands are privately owned out as
far the mean lower low tide level, and it sounds like that's the case here.
I think it's generally true that tidelands below that level (exposed only on
minus tides) are public property.

Eric Kraig
Olympia, WA
mailto:kraige at oclc.org

>Certainly it's important to be considerate and respectful of the rights of
>property owners, especially in areas that are intensely birded. But isn't
>it true that the ocean is public property up to the high tide line?
>Gene Bullock
>Poulsbo

> Hello All,
>
> I have just heard of recent unsettling events near the Three Crabs
> Restaurant in Sequim, where several birders have infringed on
> private property along the beach/tidelands area to the west of Three
Crabs.
> This land is clearly marked as "No Trespassing." A representative of the
> landowner, Dungeness Farms, a hunting club, has contacted me regarding
> this problem. The bottom line is this: we need to respect the desires of
> the property owners.