High Country Fly Fishing reels out project to allow access to the Weber River
I’ve used those old wooden ones on several occasions. Last month, High Country Fly Fishers helped make long-standing access to rivers over private lands a …
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Battle over fishing rights on Flint River sends ripples across Georgia
While fish and wildlife are considered public property in Georgia, some lands and waters where they live are not. State law says “navigable” streams are …
New Mexico AG accuses landowners of preventing public access
New Mexico’s top prosecutor is going after landowners who he says are illegally and unconstitutionally depriving the public of access to stretches of the Pecos …
How’s this for the shoe being on the other foot?
Waterfront property owners warned state lawmakers that opening up privately held stretches of trout streams in North Georgia to public fishing would ruin a cottage …
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Public Water Access
The Colorado Supreme Court has ended a long river access dispute by ruling a fisherman has no standing in a right-to-wade argument. Roger Hill sued …
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholds New Mexico Public Access Law – Montana Not So Much
Public land and water users scored a big win for public access today. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider arguments brought by New …
Sportsmen decry bill removing marijuana tax from Montana habitat funding
Conservationists are amassing to oppose a Legislative bill that would go against voters’ wishes and permanently cut marijuana tax money out of Montana’s popular habitat …
As public officials applaud, some anglers are protesting
While Colorado officials, along with commissioners in Summit and Grant counties, are lauding a land exchange agreement approved by the Bureau of Land Management, hike-in …
The rock-hurling spat that could upend Colorado’s river access rules
The Colorado Supreme Court will wade into a technical aspect in angler Roger Hill’s lawsuit arguing Colorado rivers are public property if they were used …
New Mexico Courts Rule Public Can Wade Streams On Private Property
The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled again in support of public access to public waters in a Thursday decision that confirms the public’s right …