From the article; Jesse Deubel, executive director of the NMWF, said preserving the right of public access to public waters in New Mexico is vitally important.
“New Mexico is a dry state and there’s increasing demand for recreation on our rivers and streams,” Deubel said. “The New Mexico Wildlife Federation and our allies won’t stand by and watch our public waters be fenced off to become private playgrounds exclusively for the wealthy.”
Deubel expressed appreciation for the work of Cohen, Santa Fe lawyer Gene Gallegos and the O’Melveny and Myers law firm in California. “Our lawyers did a tremendous service for the people of the state of New Mexico,” Deubel said. “Other states in the West have seen their own state governments stand up for the rights of citizens to use public waters, but in New Mexico the burden fell to our organizations. We very much appreciate all the work that our attorneys have done.”
