Brown used the Mud Pond waterway across Brandreth land despite the landowner's no-trespassing sign and cable across the stream.

WSJ: Judge: NY paddlers can use stream on private land

Tuesday's ruling said paddlers also had the right to make a 500-foot portage on the private land along the Mud Pond waterway to get around a stretch of rapids.

WSJ: Judge: NY paddlers can use stream on private land

Mr. CHRIS COPELAND (Homeowner, Tennessee): Yes, I'm over at Swan(ph) Pond, and there's a heck of a mud slide or something that came to our backyard.

NPR: In Tenn. Town, A Muddy Christmas For Some

Bob is throwing a bucket of dog food into a murky pond, and I've never seen so many turtles climbing out of the mud, wrestling for food.

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