Colorado lawmakers are one step closer to clearing up a decades old law on whether whitewater rafters can legally float through private property. The house cleared the controversial measure on Tuesday. It would let rafters portage on a bank to avoid a hazard, or touch the river bed and wade through low waters. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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