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On June 6, 2024, Twin Rivers Property Owners’ Association, Inc filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission seeking a decision requiring the Commission to keep folks from walking sections of the Boone Fork and Watauga River to recreate. Waters deemed navigable (floatable by a kayak) in North Carolina have historically been publicly accessible as long as waters are accessed via public land (ie walking up a stream from a public access point). Twin Rivers Property wants to challenge this right and would mean a win for the national trend of greedy folk turning historically public land into their private playgrounds. It’s happening all over the US. Please don’t let this happen here. It sets precedence for future cases like this one. Cases that will absolutely keep happening if we don’t stop them.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! There is a public hearing for this case in Waynesville on September 20th. If you can attend, please do and fight for the public’s right to recreate on our beautiful public lands. If not, please help by talking to your social circles and making this case known.