The Official RS 2477 Rights-of-way Homepage

What's new!NM SENATE CONTEST PITS PRIVATE PROPERTY AGAINST SHARED ACCESS RIGHTS! What's new! 

RS 2477 access advocates are keeping a sharp eye on the race for the open senate seat in New Mexico.  Never has the choice between public access rights and private property interests been so stark.  The two candidates hold polar opposite views.   Steve Pearce is a strong defender of shared access rights and has the backing of motorized recreation groups as well as the oil & gas, mining, and timber services that depend on continued access to both public and private land in order to develop much needed resources.  Tom Udall is a private property activist who backed by the ranching industry, private landowners, and other special interests that benefit by keeping the gates to their property locked and refusing to share access for recreation, exploration, and resource extraction.


   Shared access candidate\
    Steve Pearce is the Shared Access Candidate.
    Pearce supports motorized recreation on public and private property.
    Pearce supports access to public and private property for oil, gas, and mineral companies.
    Pearce has taken a courageous stand against ranchers and private property interests.
    In 2007, Steve Pearce introduced a bill to open RS 2477 roads on public and private land.
    Pearce RS 2477 Shared Access Bill would have allowed more shared access!
    Steve Pearce


Private Property Candidate    Tom Udall is the Private Property Candidate.
    Udall supports ranchers and landowners who close their property to motorized recreation.
    Udall believes ranchers and landowners have the right to control access to their property.
    The Udall family has been giving favorable treatment to private property since pioneer days!
    In 2003, Mark Udall tried to pass an amendment that would limit RS 2477 claims.
    Udall RS 2477 Amendment would have limited shared access to private property!


    Tom Udall
                                                                                                  

RS2477 in the news: 

PUBLIC ACCESS WINS OUT OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO!!

In a stunning defeat for private property activists, Ouray County has successfully used Revised Statute 2477 to seize a right of way for a public road to create shared access across the Camp Bird property.  This is the case that RS 2477 supporters have been waiting for after a string of defeats!   This ruling opens the door to public use of private property throughout the west for ATV, 4x4, and motorcycle recreation.  RS 2477 does not have a "just compensation" clause, so there is no cost to counties that use this law to create shared access.  Landowners who erect gates and refuse to provide access do so at their own risk!

Click here for a link to this story

Click here to read the judge's order

Corruption in Nye County, defeat in Boulder County


SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT RS 2477 RIGHTS-OF-WAY?

ASK YOURSELF...

IF YOUR ANSWER IS "YES,"

THEN

YOU MUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR RS 2477 RIGHTS!


AND JUST WHAT ARE RS 2477 RIGHTS?

RS 2477 rights-of-way are property rights originally granted by the federal
government to establish the transportation network essential to settlement
of the western frontier. Generally, these rights-of-way grants were made to
local governments and are held in trust by them for the public. Today, they
continue to provide virtually all the public access to and across the hundreds
of millions of acres of public and private lands in the West and Alaska.

In recent years these rights-of-way and the public's continued access to
these public and private lands has been increasingly threatened by a small
group of special interests, growing numbers of private landowners, and some
county, state, and federal bureaucrats. 


THIS HOME PAGE EXPLAINS THE THREATS TO YOUR RS 2477 RIGHTS

AND IS ORGANIZED TO BE AS USER FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE!

SO...

WHETHER YOU WANT ONLY A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUES

OR

YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GET YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO FORCE A LANDOWNER TO PROVIDE ACCESS

OR

YOU WANT ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS

WHAT YOU NEED IS AVAILABLE HERE.

To learn how to assert your RS 2477 rights to cross private property Click here!

Click here for the INDEX to this site and some suggestions for using it efficiently

In July, 1997, ecoterrorists hacked and destroyed this site. Click here to find out why!

This site was created by UAC, the Utah Association of Counties

With the assitance of the  WCRPI, The Western Counties' Resources Policy Institute

With links and support from the BlueRibbon Coalition

And promotion by the United Four Wheel Drive Associations

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Last updated: February, 2008