New River Access Bill to be filed

[riverdog]

"Supporting someones rights to keep trespassers off their property is anti american?" Bingo, you got it if you think it's trespassing to access a public easement/ rightaway such as a navigable river in the U.S.. Do me the favor of recognizing the difference of a public access versus trespassing when you post again. As far as the U.S. Federal Government they do have the final say via the U.S. Supreme Court on these issues. You do realize present day Utah switched hands from Mexico to the United States in 1848 and Utah became a state in 1896? Go read the Utah Constitution if you still don't get it. Don't have to read but maybe the first hundred words to set this issue straight. Look at Utah early history- the trappers had unrestricted rights to waterways. Early Pioneers that followed also followed this American standard when they arrived. Bringham Young made it clear they would follow these traditions while Utah was still part of Mexico and it didn't change with the Treaty of Guadalupe or Statehood.
The greed to take what landowners aren't entitled to in Utah wasn't a widespread problem until the second half of the 20th Century.
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