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As if Colorado water law weren’t complicated enough, the right to take a rafting trip down the Animas River might hinge on how far upstream boats could sail in England in the reign of King James I. At least that was a question lawyers raised Monday night when debating a bill that would help river-rafting companies, The Durango Herald reports.

From the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Rafting companies would be allowed to cross private land whether property owners like it or not under a bill that won approval in a House committee Monday. House Bill 1188, introduced by Rep. Kathleen Curry, U-Gunnison, stemmed from a recent announcement from a Texas developer, Lewis Shaw, that he no longer would allow two rafting companies to traverse two miles of his land along the Taylor River.