Unfortunately, open gates do not garner higher respect for the landowner's property or for the land or the natural inhabitants. I have a nice lake that looks like good fishing. The last time I allowed someone access, two weeks later I came home to find a boatload of people I didn't know fising. They had heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that it was OK to go in and fish. My boat was just laying there with the drain plug out and no paddles so obviously I intended them to cut a limb off a tree, make a "plug", cut down a small tree for a pole, and use it for their fishing. No, they didn't bring the pile of trash on the dock - must have been someone else. Yes, that was their truck parked in my front yard - they didn't want to leave it in the driveway and I hadn't provided any other parking place. Ruts in the lawn?? Don't all lawns have truck ruts?? There were two pieces of good news; 1) they hadn't caught any fish, and 2) they wern't coming back - neither was the invitee.

Land use is a real problem!!