The claim is based on an 1866 federal law known as RS2477. The law was intended to grant rights of way for roads across unused federal lands. It was repealed in 1976, but there’s an exception for trails that were already established.RS2477 rights of way, essentially saying the federal government has no property interest in a trail.
The trails the state intends to sue over all go across federal land. Some are near the community of Eagle.
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