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Page Three <br />or a. cruiser, it's great fun to just move from one bay <br />to another and perhaps end up having lunch or dinner <br />at one of the many fine restaurants accessible by boat. <br />As a matter of fact the recreational activity on Lake <br />Minnetonka today is probably 30% fishing ar<d 70% other; <br />and, because of the uniqueness of the lake, that's the <br />way it should be. <br />4.Burrow's criticizes the DNR for developing access sites <br />in lakes outside the.roetropolitian area and wants more <br />public access sites at Lake Minnetonka. In a state of <br />10,000 lakes, the current DNR policy is the only way <br />to go. Boat density, public safety, and type of lake <br />should be the considerations for new access sites for <br />fishing. After all, fishing is not the only recreational <br />activity on all our lakes, and this is particularly <br />true of Lake Minnetonka. I'm sure you'd find that many <br />Lake Minnetonka residents go north to their favorite <br />lake for fishing. <br />5.The Star article doesn't seomto recognize lake shore <br />residents as part of the public and certainly doesn't <br />understand their contribution to public access. When <br />you see a pontoon boat with 8 or 10 people aboard or <br />a houseboat with 20 people or even a runabout with 4 or <br />6 people aboard, you can be pretty sure that outside <br />of the"captainr and his wife, the others aboard are not <br />lakeshore residents. They're guests from the metro­ <br />politan area or even from other states. In addition, <br />there are hundreds of boats available for rental at <br />marinas as well as hundreds of boats docked at marinas <br />by metropolitan residents. <br />1 <br />Conclusion <br />With 10,000 lakes in our state, let's use them wisely. 7 t's <br />determine how much boat density any given lake will stand and <br />still provide adequate public safety and maintain proper water <br />quality for people as well as fish. <br />Priorities for Lake Minnetonka <br />1. Retain reasonable water quality. <br />2. Do what is necessary to guarantee an adequate lake level. <br />In connection with point #1, there are many environmental <br />questions involved. <br />1. Excess urbanization. <br />2. Wet lands control.