JR wrote:


The limiting of access to private land--by leasing to guides and
outfitters, as is happening throughout the West, or by long-term leasing
to exclusive "clubs", as in the NYT story--is probably bound to happen no
matter who's in office.

That's become very common in CO. Not that I can blame the ranchers who
are able to get a bit more income out of their land, but even 10 years
ago, you could commonly get permission from ranchers to fish their land
just by asking. i used to have a number of stretches of privately owned
land that I could fish. Now I only have one. Most of the stretches I
used to fish are now rented out but a couple are ranches that have been
purchased by out of staters that no longer run cattle but don't want anyone
trespassing (which is their right).

Willi