Boat launching is no longer allowed at this location or anywhere above Stoneman Bridge. The river below here is swiftwater with riffles and numerous logs. The logs are easily recognized and avoided (usually) by boaters with river experience and boat control. Because of the streamside campgrounds, floaters do continue to launch in this area, despite signs prohibiting floating. It is also common for the park service to rescue inexperienced floaters from a couple spots where they are prone to washing into logs. Park naturalists and biologists want logs to accumulate in the river in a natural fashion as they create habitat and have many ecological benefits. Where floaters are common and get in trouble on particular logs, those logs are usually removed or moved. Thus there is some conflict between the natural ecosystem and river recreation where novices float down the river. Yosemite has chosen to limit the section where floaters are allowed on the river, so that logs and woody debris can naturally accumulate on the other sections of the river.