Last Updated:
June 21, 2010
New Hampshire Real Estate
Rafters, Landowners Reach Compromise
Gov. Bill Ritter announced last week an agreement has been reached between commercial rafting outfitters and private property owners along the Taylor River. The conflict between the 2 groups caused the introduction of HB 1188, a bill that would have allowed river rafters to portage rafts onto private property. The compromise clears the way for sponsors of 24 competing ballot measures to withdraw their respective proposals from the November ballot, averting an expensive and divisive election fight. The Governor had asked two outfitters, Three Rivers and Scenic River Tours, and the owners of the Jackson-Shaw property, in May to find a mutually agreeable solution to their dispute. Gov. Ritter also will convene a task force of stakeholders to develop a proposal for resolving conflicts among landowners, anglers and the boating public. The task force will be charged with developing a framework for resolving disputes on Colorado rivers on a stretch-by-stretch basis as those disputes arise. This approach is intended to recognize that disputes vary from place to place and that a one-size-fits-all strategy is unlikely to succeed. The task force will be led by the Department of Natural Resources and the Governor’s Office. The task force will include representatives from landowners, commercial and recreational river users, local government officials and law enforcement, which has historically been tasked with intervening in such disputes. The task force will be asked to deliver a report outlining its proposal to the Governor by Dec. 31.
- Hampton NH real estate - Patricia Aulson - REALTOR for nearly 20 years on the seacoast real estate market in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, including Hampton, Portsmouth, Exeter.