@60256: it's a common strategy among anti-freedom fanatics to keep reintroducing an unpopular, anti-freedom, idiotic bill, on the theory that the opposition will wilt from fatigue or will be looking the other way when the fanatics try again.

Again, changing the laws to change who owns what is a bad idea. It if was public it should generally stay public, if it was private it should stay private.

And if you tube down a river that goes through a cattle ranch and go on shore and get gored by the bull, that's your problem.

I think they should look back at the supreme court case Gibbons v. Ogden. This ruling stated that interstate waterways are not the property of either state, but the national government. Therefore, neither state can regulate commerce on that particular river. The same principle can be applied in this case. No one man can control a particular river, it is the people's. Now it is a different story if it is a pond he built and stocked on his property, then i believe that if he wants people to fish on it he will invite them.

Not surprising, probably introduced by a politician who didn't like seeing someone wading through their picturesque landscape view form the back yard. Reminds me of the King of the Hill episode where the Hill family went to help the inlaws with the cattle run, and the Hollywood landowner wouldn't let them use a pass, so they raqn the cattle through town, upsetting the other hollywood types. Maybe that's what we need to do, divert the water down through the streets because the landowners won't let us wader the rivers and streams that were considered public property under this new bill.
Sound silly, but may become a reality.

Waterways are part of the Magna Carta! They belong to the people. You can't dam water above property lines that interferers with waterways of others, why should the people of a state be denied because water happens to pass through your land. Don't take credit for what circumstance made possible. Be respectful, close gates, pick up trash; we are all together in keeping the land and water secure and abundant.

Although my situation is not nearly as serious as yours I can sympathize with your feelings. A friend of mine lives in a local subdivision in our town. This subdivision is located on a golf course that has many small ponds. This time of year we like to go out there in the afternoon and cast a few lines to try and catch some bass. Just yesterday a lady came flying out of her house yelling at us that she owned this pond we were fishing in. Not only were we a good 80 yards from her house, but there was also around 20 other houses on the pond. No way did she own that pond. She proceeded to call the cops on us and we were asked to leave. All that for some innocent fishing? RIDICULUOS

I really wish Colorado had a law like this, but it will never happen here. There is way too much of a private property rights community, and also a private property rights legislation to ever pass something like that. I'd sure be in support if it were ever on the docket though...