They can't do that here. Public owns every blue line on the map, landowner owns to the normal high water mark. 

Jim

On Sep 14, 2012, at 8:24 AM, VWBrain@aol.com wrote:

> Hello Jim  think that is bad try being in Virginia where they can close a class 5 whitewater creek using a Kings grant ( if a single person owns both sides he can claim the whole creek),which is what has happened to johns creek .  This creek is one of the best,drops 165 ft a mile for 4.5 miles, 35 named rapids,  bambi meets godzilla being one. he did this after the AWA had bought property and built a parking lot and change house.  damn shame  later  mark d
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> In a message dated 9/14/2012 9:04:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jim.felder@GMAIL.COM writes:
> I hope this is OK with the moderators. 
> 
> I have an online petition going to try to make the US Army Corps of Engineers reverse their decision to close the locks on the Alabama rivers to recreational traffic. The link is <http://www.change.org/petitions/alabama-scenic-river-trail-push-back-against-closing-alabama-river-locks-to-recreational-traffic>
> 
> Sent from my diesel Westy in Chickasabogue Alabama