LandscapeOUTSIDEONLINE.COM: Private landowners in New York can’t prohibit paddlers from navigating streams on their property, a state Supreme Court judge ruled Tuesday.

The Brandreth Park Association and Friends of Thayer Lake had sued canoeist Phil Brown after he wrote an article about a trip in which he used Shingle Shanty Brook, which crosses Brandreth land, to travel between two lakes in the public Whitney Wilderness Area in the Adirondacks. (READ MORE)