Turner-Wakulla Traverse

[Mike Edmonston]

How many SS scooters are in use on the team?

RAL

None as far as I know, the material is all wrong!

I believe the WKPP scooters need to be made out of schedule 40 plastic sewer pipe in order to pass the rigorous equipment standards on the team.

Nothing but the best for ya...

[PerroneFord]

How many SS scooters are in use on the team?

RAL

Come on now.. we're splitting hairs...

Halcyon doesn't make scooters, so they use one by a former team member.
Halcyon doesn't make drysuits so they use DUI.
Halcyon doesn't make regs so ScubaPro and Apeks are popular.

Obviously the scooters they use work fine, and from a team perspective, it's probably quite helpful to have everyone using similar gear, set up the same way.

[Daedalus]

Why should you need a scientific permit to dive in a state park anyway, I mean do all the people doing cannonballs off the platform have scientific permits?

[Mike Edmonston]

Why should you need a scientific permit to dive in a state park anyway, I mean do all the people doing cannonballs off the platform have scientific permits?

I can't agree more

[Daedalus]

The mission of the Florida Parks Service is to provide resource-based recreation while preserving, interpreting and restoring natural and cultural resources.

Seems to me that requiring anyone, WKPP included, to go hat in hand to the park service to enjoy resource-based recreation is contrary to this mission. If you can enjoy the resource without harming anyone else's rights to enjoy the resource I do not see why it should be forbidden.

I understand that, on paper, anyone could put together a team and present a scientific reason for diving and spend weeks/months/years greasing the right wheels and eventually get permission to dive but I do not think it is proper for the park system to put such roadblocks in place.

[Mike Edmonston]

anyone could put together a team and present a scientific reason for diving and spend weeks/months/years greasing the right wheels

I will make some calls, and throw a few wrenches in said "greased wheels"

The media is a wonderful thing.

[PerroneFord]

Please don't throw wrenches into the works when there are people who are working to improve relations in the Wakulla area and open up diving for everyone.

[Daedalus]

Please don't throw wrenches into the works when there are people who are working to improve relations in the Wakulla area and open up diving for everyone.

I agree, its effort better spent towards opening state lands to everyone.

[Mike Edmonston]

I agree, its effort better spent towards opening state lands to everyone.

That is my goal

[FW]

That is my goal

Then work with the not-for-profit groups already working on the issues, like the NACD, and NSS-CDS. Join the Wakulla CSO, but don't raise any flags that you may not be able to take down later.