A bill that pits river rafters against private property owners has run aground, but Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday that efforts are afoot to move the controversy downstream before it crowds the November ballot, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.

Ritter has met with rafting interests and landowners hoping to broker a compromise “so this doesn’t become some kind of ballot Armageddon.”

Since the Senate amended HB1188 last month, it has been a fixture on the House calendar with no action.