01-13-2003, 11:24 AM
[center][size 2]COURT UPHOLDS PUBLIC ACCESS TO MONTANA STREAMS[/size][/center]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Monatana state law that guarantees public stream access to anglers, even when the streams cross private land. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Three Montana landowners attempted to overturn the law, claiming that it "deprives them of liberty and property without due process." [/size][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]However, the judges ruled that the banks of streams and rivers--from the water's edge to the high-water mark on the banks--must remain open to the public.[/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]this law of "water ways act" goes a way back to the times when travel was by water ways and was a means of life, but mind you that if you set foot on privet property (on shore of that stream or river) you are most asuradly guilty of tress pass and can be prossecuted for doing so.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Monatana state law that guarantees public stream access to anglers, even when the streams cross private land. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Three Montana landowners attempted to overturn the law, claiming that it "deprives them of liberty and property without due process." [/size][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]However, the judges ruled that the banks of streams and rivers--from the water's edge to the high-water mark on the banks--must remain open to the public.[/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]this law of "water ways act" goes a way back to the times when travel was by water ways and was a means of life, but mind you that if you set foot on privet property (on shore of that stream or river) you are most asuradly guilty of tress pass and can be prossecuted for doing so.[/size][/font]
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