Idaho river access laws

[Bmarsh]

Knowing what Idaho's Laws are and such here is my take on landowners and wanting to restrict access like they are in Utah......it is BS. The way Idaho's laws are happen to be how I believe it should be. It's public water that runs adjacent to your property or through it, you buy into that when you purchase the land. It is a package deal. If you want the back yard access then you have to deal with the traffic that is associated with people using that public resource. If that is an issue then I highly suggest buying property that doesn't have waterways running through it. Other wise the out door sports that we enjoy end up be coming an eletist only sport. He who has the cash gets to use something that is a public resource and everyone else gets screwed. Not probably what you are looking to hear as an owner but its a fact of life when you buy property with public access directly adjacent to it that there will be some that are great stewards and you won't ever know that they have been there, and there will be others that leave trash around.

I try to clean up the later to help keep the relations where we have great access. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing all the crap that is left in nature. Usually end up with a couple grocery sacks of garbage in the back of my truck when I would fish the more popular waters.
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