The Official RS 2477 Rights-of-way Homepage

What's new! INFORMATION REQUEST

THE RAMEY V. BOSLOUGH RS 2477 DECISION IN BOULDER IS BEING APPEALED.

WE WANT FACTS!   WE WANT PICTURES!   WE WANT MAPS!   WE WANT NAMES!

We have gotten more email about this case than any other.  There seems to be no agreement about the facts.  One opinion is a 2002 editorial by the shared access rights group, offroad.com:

Click here to read "Barking Dog Road; Little Road, Big Dispute" by Brad Ullrich

 A 2007 press release posted on a Boulder private property rights website contradicts everything that was published in the editorial:

Click here for another opinion about Ramey v. Boslough, COHVCO, Silvia Pettem, Balarat, and Barking Dog Trail

Because this is such a high-profile RS 2477 case, we want to sort through ALL the facts.  If you have first-hand, factual information about the history of this disputed road, please contact us at Webmaster @rs2477roads.com.  We are only interested in hearing from people who have first hand knowlege and documented facts.  This information may be used to help in the appeal.  Thank you.

What's new!  BREAKING 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

Comments, suggestions or problems? Contact: Webmaster @rs2477roads.com

Last updated: February, 2008