 Instead of publishing their normal pre-boat show issue in 1975, Kitz instead published his "Clean Water" issue, calling on the government to stop Reserve Mining's spoiling of Lake Superior while also lauding the City of Detroit for their work cleaning up the Detroit River, then one of the worst cesspools in America.Kitz saw boating not as the culmination of one's life but as a worthwhile hobby, once writing, "All too often the boat is misappropriated and, used as a status symbol or an experience with the IRS in mind, it could have anything but a wholesome influence on young people.