Slackdaddy
Gold Member
"Might be" is the key part,, I am to old to sleep worrying about getting nailedIf it’s out in the middle of nowhere you might be ok but…………
Yes,Where I grew up in California, a buddy had some land next to a Park. The Park Police and Rangers where always messing with us because his easement allowed us to drive through the Park, but vehicle traffic was off limits to people using the Park. They even landed helicopters to check our ID and make sure we where allowed to drive to his land on his easement. When the road started to erode, the Park arrested his son for fixing it, which lead to a court battle that he won. This happened over and over again. He was a local government employee and he enjoyed fighting with the Park, so these things happened all the time.
The biggest battle was when he "cleaned" up an old pond that was full of trees in a canyon near his cabin. Since the Park was not able to prove that the pond wasn't there before he "cleaned" it up and "rebuilt" the dam, they couldn't do anything about it.
If there was a bridge there previously, say 50 years ago, and it was in need of "repair", couldn't you just "rebuild" the bridge and not violate any of their rules?
This was discussed with my friends in the know,, problem is in the age of aerial imagery,, previous years images show no bridge.
If I cross the creek in a responsible manner a dozen times a year with a permanent bridge to retrieve firewood/timber I have brocken many laws.
If I run my tractor up and down the creek bed for fun,, all is good.
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