Why can't I kayak/swim where ever I want?

[Irving]

At least with the risks of e. Coli and getting my head cracked open by a boat hull, I can see the direct risks to my well being and take appropriate risk acceptance from there. Still haven't really gotten any closer to the answer about paddle craft though. I took the kayaks to Big Mac in NE and no inspection there or on the way back.

[TheSparkens]

Typically, a body of water will have a environmental impact study that takes into consideration what type of waters feeds the reservoir what the affect of noise, oil, fuel and other activity has on the overall health of the body of water. Some study's are very old and some are revisited all the time for many of the reasons mentioned already. The study's are sometimes federal and sometimes managed by the state. Some lakes are willed or given to the state with provisions that they remain as outlined by the trust that has given the waters. So like the diversity of the waters themselves so goes the rules that we must abide by. Remember Colorado although a watershed state is not the owner of most of its waters and this goes back to way before are great grandparents were alive and so does the rules that govern the water. There are some waters in Colorado that you are not supposed even step a foot into and if you are found doing so you will get a hefty fine.

[Irving]

Like Hanging Lake.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Goose shit everywhere, I ain't swimming in anything but public pools.

This is what I was thinking with Sloan’s lake when I used to run there. Disgusting.

[TheSparkens]

Irving, as I was writing this that lake was what I was thinking of. I grew up in Glenwood in the late 70's and man how that area has changed. We used to sneak under the falls and jump in.