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Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach: Washington's Public Trust Doctrine And The Right Of Pedestrian Passage Over Private Tidelands, Ewa M. Davison
Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach: Washington's Public Trust Doctrine And The Right Of Pedestrian Passage Over Private Tidelands, Ewa M. Davison
Washington Law Review
Under Washington's public trust doctrine, the state retains a jus publicum interest in tidelands, regardless of ownership. This interest obligates the state to protect the public rights encompassed within the jus publicum: navigation, fishing, boating, swimming, water skiing, and corollary recreational activities. The state satisfies this duty so long as its actions do not circumscribe public access to those resources, including tidelands, traditionally protected by the public trust doctrine. The title to any tidelands property sold into private ownership is similarly burdened; a private tidelands owner may not utilize property in a way that would compromise the state's jus …
Water Boundaries, Tide And Shore Land Rights, John Scott Obenour Jr.
Water Boundaries, Tide And Shore Land Rights, John Scott Obenour Jr.
Washington Law Review
Waterfront property, though extremely popular in Washington, presents problems of ownership with which few residents are familiar. The effect of transitory water boundaries upon the divisible proprietary interests is especially complex since the present status of such boundaries is uncertain under our court's interpretation of the applicable statutes.