Humpy Cove Management Changes Hands
Wednesday, August 07 2013
The rules for accessing Humpy Cove are changing. The land is owned by the Ounalashka Corporation, but the Qawalangin Tribe recently signed a 99-year lease on the property.
In a blast fax last week, the tribe announced that as a result, OC land permits are no longer valid for accessing the area. Instead, people need to get permission directly from the tribe.
Administrator Robin Waldron says for now, that means just calling the tribal office. At its next meeting, the tribal council will discuss longer-term management strategies, which could include land permits and fines.
Waldron declined to comment on whether the tribe plans to develop the property, or leave it as-is. The Ounalashka Corporation also declined to comment, saying the lease is a private matter between two private entities.
Alaska state law allows for public access to beaches from the water, up to the mean high-tide line.
not me on Sunday, August 11 2013:
Please do not exclude me or charge me for going to your place. I for one, leave a place better then I find it. for example; pick up litter.
I am what I am because of who we all are on Thursday, August 08 2013:
As Michelle Cochran was saying on the radio earlier - Ubuntu - look at humanity as all people being linked with one another - not as individual cultures or groups. Work with cooperation in mind - not estrangement. If the OC or Q-tribe is really stuck on excluding non-tribal people from their lands - fine - but by doing this you are acting as elitist and unfriendly. You want payments from other homo sapiens for using "your" land - which you do not pay taxes on and which you did not purchase.
If you are bound to exclude others - signs and posting will not work unless posted in ~ 5 different languages...otherwise fence the land and enjoy your elitist status.
Frustrated Shareholder on Wednesday, August 07 2013:
And people will ignore any posted rules or regulations just like they do the OC properties. There is little or no respect for the native held lands by the majority of people taking advantage of our beautiful island. We need real security enforcing the land use permits.