Recreation

As you know I generally support what would be considered "User Fees." If you are the one using the product, service or location, the burden for funding should be placed at least partially on you. That doesn't mean people should pay through the nose to spend a few hours enjoying the beach and the ocean.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey recently joined in the celebrations of major improvements in boating access in west central Alabama and at the Gulf Coast with ribbon-cutting ceremonies at Demopolis City Landing and The Launch at ICW.

Visitors to Ulua Beach and the Kamaole Beach Parks in South Maui will soon have to pay a parking fee if they don’t possess a valid Hawaii driver’s license, Hawaii News Now reported.

To those who live here, it's like a little piece of heaven, boasting pink flamingos, white beaches and blue ocean waters.

Beals Island, Maine, lobsterman Winfred “Winnie” Alley has a new boat – a Libby 34 christened the Faith Melle.

KIHEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Starting as early as spring, visitors will have to pay to park at Ulua Beach and the Kamaole Beach Parks in South Maui.

On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three boaters about 25 nm off the coast of Louisiana - just in time to save them from sharks.

At an Oct. 5 meeting that featured numerous objections to the plan, the Duck Town Council voted 4-1 to move forward with revisions to its CAMA permit applications to allow vehicular access at Barrier Island Station Duck Resort. Initially, that access will be used to transport workers for the town’s upcoming beach nourishment process.

The U.S. government should protect Americans’ right to work and recreate on the coasts by requiring that publicly funded projects provide and improve public access.

If you are a “birder,” Costa Rica is a paradise for you. That’s exactly what a group of “birders” and nature photographers from Marco and Naples did. They booked a one-of-a-kind trip to the Costa Rican rainforest to capture just a handful of the 850+ species of its iconic birds.

There are only four green sand beaches on Earth, and Hawaii has one of them. Located at Hawaii Island’s South Point in the district of Kau, Papakolea Beach has rare olivine sands, created by a volcanic cinder cone. But the beauty of the area masks the issues around it.