SCOTUS ruling in NM
- Thread starter hank4elk
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NMWF has info.
Saw this, as Hank noted - on NMWF’s website:
US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to NM Stream Access Ruling - New Mexico Wildlife Federation - New Mexico Wildlife Federation
By BEN NEARY NMWF Conservation Director In a major victory for public access, the Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear arguments from landowners who claimed that a New Mexico court ruling upholding the public’s right to access rivers and streams that flow over private property...
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David58
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Appears this is an affirmation of a long-standing decision. Water use and rights vary in different parts of the country, am new to the idea that a stream can be owned by a property owner. Where I grew up, you could fish or canoe the water, just not go above the normal high water level, and had to leave the property alone. This will make some stretches of streams like the Chama and the San Juan accessible to fishers, though you have to wade it (tough on those private sections of the San Juan) or use a boat, tube, etc.
I think this is a good thing, but that's without doing a major analysis of it.
David
NM
I think this is a good thing, but that's without doing a major analysis of it.
David
NM
