G-spot, Everything you say sounds logical but from my experience as a river front property owner, when you give public access, your property gets trashed. A guy can only pick up so much trash and deal with so many disrespectful jerks before the land gets posted. Like someone said before, take a look at most public access fishing areas. Would you like that on your property?

Longreleaser, I don't know what "takings" you have in mind, but if an activity or use of property is found to have a detrimental effect on the publics resources,why should the public pay the property owner to stop the use or activity? It's not the same as "taking" property for a freeway, those properties are not engaged in activity that is harming others. The way I see it property owners that are using land to the detriment of salmon runs have been "taking " from the public for years. If a value could be put on the number of salmon and steelhead that runs have been reduced due to this "taking" maybe the property owners should pay that amount to the public. A better solution is for the property owners to quit complaining about mitigation such as stream buffers ,keeping cattle away from streams,bad logging practices, ect.,ect.