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- Senate Bill 155
(PDF 61.1 KB) - TPWD
Local River Access Plan Guidelines (Revised 03/2005) (PDF 25.1 KB)
- Trail Grant Information
Examples of approved access plans
- Mason County (PDF 1.3 MB)
- Town of San Felipe (PDF 134 KB)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
- TPW Commission
Report (PDF 260.7 KB)
- Issues
Summary (PDF 121 KB)
Scientific Reviews in Texas
- TCEQ Report (PDF 1.8 MB)
- American
Fisheries Society Report (PDF 97.4 KB)
- Effects
of Off-Road Vehicles on Ecosystems (PDF 323.2 KB)
Motor Vehicles Are Prohibited In Texas Navigable Riverbeds STARTING JANUARY 1, 2004
• The Canadian River and Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River are exempted by statute.
• A motor vehicle is defined as “any wheeled or tracked vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used to transport a person or thing.”
• A navigable river or stream is one that “retains an average width of 30 or more feet from the mouth or confluence up.”
• The public retains constitutional right to travel navigable waterways, as long as a motor vehicle is not used.
• It is illegal to obstruct, restrict, or interfere with lawful public recreational use of a navigable river or stream.
• Crossing private property without permission to access a river or stream is illegal.
• Local River Access Plans may allow motor vehicles in specified river areas.
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is seeking grant proposals and sites for off-road vehicle parks.