#1468203 - 01/05/1302:42 PM
Re: Tearing down a beaver dam
[Re: Bass Ackwards]
macattack678
USN (Ret)
Registered: 01/25/05
Posts: 3876
Loc: North Stonington
Originally Posted By: Bass Ackwards
How do you "own a stream"? If the stream starts snd or ends off your property do you own the part of the stream that cuts through your property? I thought riparian rights allowed others to use the stream as long as they didn't come on your property.
I asked DEP that same question pertaining to wading or Kayaking.
"Riparian law in Connecticut is different from most other places. By default you are trespassing on all private property if you have not gotten prior land owner approval. In addition, In Connecticut the landowners own the stream bottom ....... If you are wading and enter a new owners property- you are trespassing. The boating is a little more hazing. Some rivers are Navigable and depending on whose definition of Navigable you use makes a big difference. since the state owns the water people argue they should be able to canoe through a river "over" the private stream bottom. In practice I have heard of many people who have been cited for trespassing for doing this. If you have to get out a boat to portage, it drags the bottom etc you would be technically trespassing. Also, Landowners can put up fences etc across the stream to further block access down a river." Neal Hagstrom
Edited by macattack678 (01/05/1302:42 PM)
"Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions."
"Great fishermen are not born that way.....They become so through a lifetime of neglecting other things in their lives."
"Don't try to explain it. Just nod your head. Breathe in. Breathe out. Move on.
I fish Crystal Lake in Maine the 1st two weeks in June, last year I had my boat tied to the dock in 3 feet of water, three days later my hull was touching the bottom. The local kids tore down a dam and open up a 2 foot flue and within 3 days the water level dropped almost 3 feet on a 100 acre lake. Just be aware what's upstream
#1470179 - 01/13/1301:47 PM
Re: Tearing down a beaver dam
[Re: EnCon Police]
JohnS
Life Time Member
Registered: 01/19/02
Posts: 12998
Loc: Wallingford/Florida
Originally Posted By: EnCon Police
OK....if you own both sides of the stream.
If the dam is on someone else's property and it's flooding your home they may be responsible for damage. I'm not a lawyer so you'd need to check on that. You could also check with you local inland wetlands commission for assistance.
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