Salt Lake Tribune · Nov 24, 2017
Anglers win access to stretch of Weber River
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) James Stoner, 4, tries his skill fishing in the Weber River near Oakley, Sunday, August 23, 2015. Anglers scored a key legal victory Tuesday when the Utah Supreme Court ruled that a one-mile stretch of the Weber River will remain open even where it winds through private property. Ogden • Anglers scored a key legal victory when the Utah Supreme Court ruled that a one-mile stretch of the Weber River will remain open even where it winds through private property.
The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports that the Tuesday ruling found the stretch is "navigable water" because people used it float railroad ties and mine timbers about a century ago.