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This report will examine the legal framework surrounding the issue of what constitutes private property, to provide context for the ongoing debate. First, it will attempt to inform the entire discussion by
This report’s research reveals that, in fact, landowners have invested – and continue to invest – hundreds of millions of private dollars improving Colorado’s rivers and streams, often with direct public be
Colorado’s Legal Framework around River Access Should Consider the Needs of Both Private Property Owners and Public Access
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Public Access and Private Property: The Economics of Colorado River Access
Introduction In 2005, stream mileage on the Elk River in Routt County sold for $2.9 million per mile. By the…
Colorado’s River Conservation Landscape
Introduction Colorado’s ongoing debate about public access to rivers and streams that cross private land requires a great deal…
Public Resources on Private Property: Why the Right to Float is Complicated and How Colorado Addresses It
Introduction Johann Wyss’s 1812 classic, Swiss Family Robinson, describes an incident in which the narrator’s son Ernest is scolded…