New Mexico stream access is now privatized

This sucks.

Gov. Susana Martinez has signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening current state regulations restricting the ability of anglers to fish and wade New Mexico waters on private property.

LINK (via: The Albuquerque Journal)

Utah Legislature Punts

HB37 and HB233 are dead in Rules Committee.

Despite a robust grassroots effort, the Utah Legislature won’t act on stream access this year and will wait to see what the courts rule before deciding whether to bring the issue back to Capitol Hill.

LINK (via:The Salt Lake Tribune)

Hats off to the Utah Stream Access Coalition for leading the way, now more than ever they could use your help!

The case has become the latest in a series of attempts to overturn the state’s stream access law

Conservative property rights groups and conservation organizations have become involved in the bitter, eight-year legal fight over access to Montana streams from bridges.

Two conservative groups – the United Property Owners of Montana and the Political Economy Research Center – have filed friend of the court briefs in the case between a sportsmen’s group and Madison County. In addition, Montana Trout Unlimited has entered the fray on the other side to support the Public Lands Access Association in the case.

LINK (via:The Missoulian)

Provo River - Ault Easement

The Utah Stream Access Coalition continues to fight the good fight when it comes to the rights of anglers to fish public waters in Utah.

In this case they investigate trespass citations given to anglers on the property of Steve Ault and discover that there is legal public access, something Mr. Ault disputes.

You should cough up some dough for these guys.

Montana stream access bill hearing draws overflow crowd

A "massive crowd" of anglers and sportsmen converged on the Montana capitol yesterday to testify against HB309 that would effectively turn any waterway that has a man-made structure on it into a private waterway and thus not accessible to hunting, fishing and other forms of public recreation.

LINK (Via: The Billings Gazette)