Even parking and river access is already greatly diminished-without a long walk in many circumstances - in the areas in question here.
In days of old ya could park across from the cemetery and walk in to the more or less central part of the area and go up or down. No more.
Heck, we used to stay at Whitakers ( original store and motel) and walk up to walkways to the river- no more walkways - that said its very likely that those ways were abused with litter and such and closed by landowners or that they changed hands over time and new folks just didn't want the many guys walking their property lines.
Much of the river is hard to get at compared to the ' old days' and further change is inevitable.
IMHO rumors of sales and change regularly turn into reality over time.