An endangered species

Does John Howard have the solution that he believes would solve all narrowboaters problems in a single 'catch all' solution?

He tells us that we should all lobby Natural England to recognise narrowboaters as an endangered species, and writes:

Protect us

With Natural England on our side Canal & River Trust are bound to jump through any number of hoops to protect us from the seemingly ever increasing number of threats to our continuance on the canals of England.