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Landowner in Texas water-access lawsuit has ties to groups fighting to limit public access to water, grantee finds

The fenced-off access to the Cutoff, once part of the Trinity River (Credit: Andrew Becker)

In a lawsuit that could reshape public access to water, a handful of East Texas hunters and anglers are fighting a landowner over their beloved fishing grounds. With support from the Fund, Andrew Becker dug into the case and explored the landowner’s connections to dark-money and think tanks that have fought for years to limit public access to water.