Waterway Access

A federal judge ordered the New Mexico Game Commission to rule on ranch owners' applications to prohibit public access to the rivers that run through their land. A pending constitutional challenge to the water-access posting rule in another case does not support the department's refusal to fulfill its administrative duties until that other case is decided.

SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal judge ordered the New Mexico Game Commission to rule on ranch owners' applications to prohibit public access to the rivers that run through their land. A pending constitutional challenge to the water-access posting rule in another case does not support the department's refusal to fulfill its administrative duties until that other case is decided.

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