Unreal!! I always thought that Nobody owned the water, either fresh or salt (Probably a false concept these days). Those lucky folks who have managed to purchase a boat and pay taxes for them (Sales, Property, fuel, registration, etc.) pay for the right to be on that water. While I would prefer that those fees and taxes would support the enforcement and regulation of use, I don't pretend to think that is the case. Private marinas can charge what they want for launch fees, (Too much ?, Go elsewhere!), and if the launch is State-owned, same rule applies. Many of the replies here refer to the concept of the use-sticker "Bleeding over" to other bodies of water, and that is scarey. The real scarey concept is that if this thought process continues to develop, some day soon you won't be able to get your weekly groceries because you don't have the proper 'sticker' to park in the lot a Wal-Mart. Folks who live on the shore are facing incredible tax increases because they can see the water, and their taxes pay for local Law Enforcment and USCG support from Homeland Security, and I sincerely hope that this insane concept of stickers take hold there, or a sticker will needed by the Navy to take a sub to sea. I know this simplistic and extreme, and agree that everyone pays taxes for these services; I'm just stating that it seems that the gap between those that that have a lot and those that just want ot share is really getting out of hand Just everyone ease up a bit and let's all enjoy.