Issue No: 117 Monday, August 28, 2023 Important: Landowner Confrontation Reports are Live on Our Website This summer has given our Board of Directors time to reflect, regroup, and redirect USAC’s efforts. As many of you know, the May 18 decision from the Utah Supreme Court ended USAC’s constitutional challenge of the Public Waters Access Act. While…
Issue No: 116 Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Landowner Confrontation Reports are Live on USAC’s Website As many of you know, the recent decision from the Utah Supreme Court ended USAC’s constitutional challenge of the Public Waters Access Act. While we are disappointed with the outcome in this case, we are actively organizing to determine confrontation “hot spots” in consideration of potential…
Issue No: 115 Friday, May 19, 2023 Utah Supreme Court Allows Public Waters Access Act to Stand Yesterday, the Utah Supreme Court issued a decision ending a thirteen-year effort by the Utah Stream Access Coalition to overturn the Public Waters Access Act of 2010 (the “PWAA”) and restore public access to Utah’s non-navigable rivers and streams. The Court ruled…
Issue No: 114 Saturday, April 8, 2023 What’s Happening with the Public Waters Case? In case you missed our news update from earlier this year, we continue to await a decision from the Supreme Court in the Utah Stream Access Coalition v. VR (Victory Ranch) Acquisitions, LLC. We expect a decision in the next 3 months. If…
Issue No: 113 Monday, February 27, 2023 H.B. 208 Inches Closer to Enactment The 2023 Legislative Session ends on Friday, March 3rd. The Coalition has been actively opposing H.B. 208, “Criminal Trespass Amendments,” which was introduced by Representative Scott Chew, R-District 68, and sponsored in the Senate by Senator Scott Sandall, R-District 1. H.B. 208 was introduced to…
Issue No: 112 Thursday, January 5, 2023 Public Waters Case Before Utah Supreme Court Once Again Happy New Year and what a productive start to this year it will be for the Utah Stream Access Coalition. This Monday, USAC will return to the Utah Supreme Court for the third time in six years in its…