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Water wars

By Robert Montgomery
BASS Times, Sept. 2003

Monday, October 6, 2003

DENVER, Colo. — Recreational use of water has been affirmed as a right equal to that of more traditional uses, such as irrigation and water supply, in the state of Colorado. Although fishing and boating always have occurred on Colorado's rivers, streams, and reservoirs, they were once considered only incidental uses. "The fact of the matter is that the state was trying to get the Supreme Court to utter a pronouncement that treated recreation as a second class use, and they didn't get that, ...

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