I took an early retirement buyout in 1997, and my CPA told me to fish and not to work to avoid paying even higher taxes.
I listened to her and fly fished from SE Oregon to the Ca Bay area. I was able to walk in most areas and walk up to the rivers to wade and fly fish. Then, Oregone and Californicator went into not clearing brush and dead trees.
Two years later, the brush was so thick most of the areas were so thick with brush/wild berries and Poison Oak, only the bears could get to and from the rivers from the trails.
This started in Oregone and went south through Californicator land.
My wife couldn't how hazardous the brush had gotten. We went to Gold Beach and took a jet boat up stream. I knew the operator and told him to show us how thick and dangerous the brush and dead trees were on the lower Rogue.
He would get close to the shore and explained that due to the greenies, only the bears could get through the brush. When we got upstream to the first stop, my wife told me to never try fish from the shore again. Then, she understood why I only fished from our boat or a kayak. That was at the end of the 1990's. I can only imagine how bad some of the shoreline is now in both states.