If the Department of Natural Resources opened up waterways, riverbanks would be ripped up for piers and docks. Lights and porta-potties would be needed.
For decades, the department and many local law enforcement agencies have erroneously sided with landowners who want to keep the public far from their private lands.
A Mark Twain quote from his book, Life on the Mississippi. “The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful as a dreamland, nothing worldly about it . . . nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon."
A bill is currently in front of the Illinois General Assembly that would amend the Rivers. Lakes and Streams Act to provide public access to private waterways.
A bill is currently in front of the Illinois General Assembly that would amend the Rivers. Lakes and Streams Act to provide public access to private waterways.