02-02-2010, 08:50 PM
Good question. If this bill (HB 80) passes, you won't have to worry about that. It allows an angler, or any recreational water user, to portage around the man-made obstacle (fence) above the ordinary high water mark and get back in the river above/below the man made obstacle.
In plain English, if this bill passes, and a landowner puts a fence across the river that you can't get by in the ordinary high water mark (OHWM), you can get out of the OHWM, cross the fence, get back in the river, and proceed on your merry way. It is a way of preventing landowners from blocking the easement by just throwing up a fence.
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In plain English, if this bill passes, and a landowner puts a fence across the river that you can't get by in the ordinary high water mark (OHWM), you can get out of the OHWM, cross the fence, get back in the river, and proceed on your merry way. It is a way of preventing landowners from blocking the easement by just throwing up a fence.
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