Does This Fisherman Have the Right to Be in a Billionaire’s Backyard?
A fight along Colorado’s waterways pits an alliance of white-water rafters and amateur anglers against some of the nation’s wealthiest landowners, bruising the image of …
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The Colorado stream case that could revolutionize river access
The first rock hurtled past Roger Hill’s head and plunked into the Arkansas River on a summer day in 2012. Hill, then 71, stood hip-deep …
Missoula BLM Adds Nearly 5K Acres In The Blackfoot Watershed
More public access is being permanently protected with the purchase of 4,600 acres in the Ninemile/Woodchuck area by the Bureau of Land Management. This first …
UPDATED: An Upstream Battle
UPDATE: The New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed that a Game Commission rule which had allowed landowners to restrict access to water flowing through …
“Freedom to Wade”
An 80-year-old Colorado fisherman notches win for public access to rivers. Colorado’s Court of Appeals has cleared the way for 80-year-old fisherman Roger Hill to …
Courts reverse course on stream access
Well this is disappointing. A Utah judge waded deep into Mormon pioneer history to settle a long-simmering fight over stream access, this time in favor …
Judge Hands Blaine County, Silver Creek Outfitters Win In Public Access Lawsuit
A district judge gave Blaine County a favorable decision in a public access lawsuit against a Hailey homeowners association earlier this month. Some lawyers think …
Rich New Mexico Landowners Are Staking Claim To The State’s Public Waterways
The land of Enchantment? A controversial New Mexico regulation approved in December allows residents to certify portions of streambed as private property, denying the public …
Fly Fisherman Has Standing to Assert Colorado Owns River
A fly fisherman will get another chance to argue that he has the right to fish a particular section of the Arkansas River that landowners …
Trout Unlimited unveils map of Montana fishing access sites
Trout Unlimited has unveiled a new online interactive map of Montana’s fishing sites. While Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks already have its own online fishing access map, Trout …