we’ve seen this before, and its a little off base in its reporting.
For the particular case in hand, the people were not in fact within the normal high water mark
What a CROCK! This judge suffers from a GOD envy.
I don’t think anyone should have the right to OWN fedral waters.
to quote an aquantaince of mine
“In a nut shell, there was some property, it was normally 3.5 miles from the Mississippi river. It was a private place with a small lake and hunting grounds. Some guys during a flood, went over to the property, the Sheriff arrested them or escorted them off the “land” as trespassers. They sued saying they had a right to be there. The judge ruled that the La. definition of “normal high water” was not the same as BIG *** FLOOD. The judge ruled that they did not have a right to be there.”
If anybody would like to read the full decision, you can find it here
http://www.michaeldsawyer.com/aboutus3.html