New Mexico attorney general accuses landowners of preventing public access to the Pecos River

New Mexico attorney general accuses landowners of preventing public access to the Pecos River

By Susan Montoya Bryan

Source: The Associated Press

10/31/2023

New Mexico’s top prosecutor is going after landowners who he says are illegally and unconstitutionally depriving the public of access to stretches of one of the state’s most well-known rivers

The case involving access to the Pecos River is the first brought after the state Supreme Court in 2022 settled a long-simmering dispute over whether boaters and anglers had a right to access streams and rivers that cross private property.