05-03-2021, 06:31 AM
This is an ongoing process. The original lawsuit was decided in favor of the sportsman. The Utah Supreme Court ruled that sportsman had access to all rivers and streams between the high water mark. Then some Ag interests got hold of a couple of the State reps. and Senators and they passed a bastarized bill that pretty much shut everything down in favor of private land owners. The bill went back to the Supreme Court who stated, "we already ruled on this, what's going on!". It continues to work it's way through the lower courts now, in the meantime, anglers are subjected to all kinds of BS from land owners and private companies that are restricting access. Hopefully it will be resolved shortly. Stream Access did not do anything wrong, the Legislature screwed things up after the Court ruled in Sportsman 's favor. I would recommend that we support them in the continued fight.