Thanks DanandJanette!
Folks I am shamelessly bumping this topic back to the top of the forum. Light House Beach is in serious danger of losing it's nude status. You don't have to be nearby to help. Just join the petition. The petition MUST have a minimum number of names on it to hold any weight with the NPS. We've met in person the people who are rallying to save light house beach and they are working doggedly and tirelessly to maintain the status quo of Light House Beach. Give them a hand if you've ever enjoyed a day at Light House, currently spend time there or at anytime in the future may want to spend a day there.
Thanks! Jen
Light House Beach, the nude section of beach on Fire Island in New York
is in jeapordy of losing it's nude beach rights and status. Please, if
you are a past, present or future user of this beach please join the
fight to save Light House Beach. For more information on the situation
and ways in which you can help please see: www.savelighthousebeach.org
Thanks,
Jen and Steve
Following is a snippet from the Save Light House Beach News Letter:
Lighthouse Beach Ordered Closed to Clothing Optional Use; Closure Order Later Reversed
Clothing optional users of Lighthouse Beach dodged a bullet earlier this year when the clothing optional status of the beach was withdrawn by the National Park Service and then subsequently reestablished on a conditional basis. While the beach (except for the central portion in front of the lighthouse) is now slated to remain clothing optional this coming summer, that was very nearly not the case.
According to officials of the National Park Service, the order was issued at the end of 2010 to shut the beach down to clothing optional use, based on the volume of illegal incidents that took place on the beach during the previous summer.
In mid-December, 2010, as one of his final acts before leaving his position, the outgoing Chief Ranger of the Fire Island National Seashore officially made the decision to change the FINS policy and issued the order to shut down the beach to clothing optional use. The closure order was ratified by the FINS Superintendent, who has final authority over all matters of use within his jurisdiction.
It was not until a month later, at the initiative and urging of the incoming Acting Chief Ranger, that the Superintendent approved a reversal of the previous order and authorized the re-establishment of clothing optional use of the beach, on the condition that clothing optional use of the beach be reviewed on an annual basis from now on.
Had the Acting Chief Ranger not taken the steps he did, we are told that signs would have gone up in the spring announcing that bathing suits would now be required on the beach and that New York State nudity laws would be enforced. It is only due to his intervention, in mid-January, that we were in essence granted a one-year reprieve.
However, an official cautioned, the Superintendent could still close the beach to clothing optional use at any time during the course of the summer if there are too many incidents of illegal behavior, without having to wait for a year-end review.
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That last bit is important folks. If you want to keep this nude beach open REFRAIN from illegal activities on the beach.It is under SERIOUS scrutiny. Take it one step further and ask any one you see who IS participating in illegal activities to STOP.
For more information on the situation and to see other ways you can help please go to:
www.savelighthousebeach.org
For all those people who continually insist that "it's okay" tocombine sexwith nudism, who claim that what's really killing nudism is the "prudish" attitude of nudists. Here is serious proof that what is really killing our clothing optional beaches are those who insist they can do whatever they want, anywhere they want. If you were to pull this crap on a textile beach you would be arrested. If you pull it on a c/o beach not only are you subject to arrest, you WILL get the beach closed down. Don't ruin it for thousands of others.
Jen
Thanks for the update Jen. Your comment about illegal activity causing nude beaches to be closed is right on the money. Lewd behavior at the nude beach I do to is rare, partly because the regulars there are quick to say something to someone being inappropriate.
Thomas
Glad to hear that Jen. It sounds as though the men who will be frequenting this beach will need to take things into their own hands when they see illicit behaviour going on. Self policing can do wonders if done right. It's a watershed moment for this beach, if certain activities cause the authorities to ban C/O use once again, they won't reverse themselves a second time. And they'll be watching, trust me. I really regret my wife and I aren't able to use this beach, I welcome a confrontation when it's truly warranted.
Men, it's time to step up to the plate!
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