Never hunted at any of these WMAs but it does cost to dredge the channels and it does cost lots more money to do maintenance on these coastal WMAs because of logistics. Everything has to be done by boat which costs fuel, maintenance, extra staff, and just a simple visit to check on things takes all day to do. Hopefully there is some sort of middle ground that can be reached like a fee for mooring and making people sign waivers that the houseboat owners are at their own risk. I would imagine LDWF could and would be sued if a barge comes down and hits a houseboat at night, or if a houseboat is stranded on high ground, it is what it is. Funding is not there and unfortunately cuts have to be made. Ben's Creek WMA is no longer being leased because money is not there, these things cost money and money is not there.
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