03-22-2007, 03:36 PM
[cool][#0000ff]It is not a simple cut and dried situation. There have been quite a few articles and many forum discussions on this issue. What it boils down to is that there is a historic "path" that is virtually impassable by vehicle at this time, and has been for many years. It is on old maps, but never identified as a county road or as public access. SITLA and potential developers need to prove that it has been used as such to "grandfather" it in. If they can provide "witnesses" who claim they have used that road in the past, then the ruling will be made that access should be granted. It is a matter of who they can dig up as witnesses. Oldtimers who could argue either for or against are dying off and there are few left.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If land access cannot be guaranteed to a potential purchaser/developer the land has no value to them. They need to construct and maintain adequate roads, according to county codes, in order to bring in equipment and supplies and then to get paying customers in and out. That would take a lot of money, even if it was approved. But, because of the remoteness and the quality of the fishing and wilderness experience, developers could generate some high dollar customers once they had their project completed. And, such developers often have deeper pockets and kinkier attorneys than DWR or other state agencies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are lots of Utah folks who have experienced the beauty and quality fishing on the Green River. Most of these people get a lump in their throats and a tear in their eyes when they think of what will be lost forever if a developer gets access to that piece of the Green River.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If land access cannot be guaranteed to a potential purchaser/developer the land has no value to them. They need to construct and maintain adequate roads, according to county codes, in order to bring in equipment and supplies and then to get paying customers in and out. That would take a lot of money, even if it was approved. But, because of the remoteness and the quality of the fishing and wilderness experience, developers could generate some high dollar customers once they had their project completed. And, such developers often have deeper pockets and kinkier attorneys than DWR or other state agencies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are lots of Utah folks who have experienced the beauty and quality fishing on the Green River. Most of these people get a lump in their throats and a tear in their eyes when they think of what will be lost forever if a developer gets access to that piece of the Green River.[/#0000ff]
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