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There are several waterfalls with swimming holes just to the east of Tularosa on the creek. The one pictured here is known as Bridal Falls, and unfortunately access has been by permission only in recent years, whereas once it was open to the public. There is a road sign at US-70 about five miles east of Tularosa that marks Bridal Falls Road. The falls are now "owned" by 7th Heaven Ranch, although I question how they can legally own a year-around creek.
I would guess they own the property around the falls.
However, a recent court ruling in regards to waterways states that the waterway itself is public. As such if you can enter the water from a legal location you can go up or down stream as long as you stay in the water.
And I was mistaken. It was an Attorney Generals opinion about access, not a court ruling.
"A nearly 70-year-old state Supreme Court ruling established the right to fish from a boat on a public lake bordered by private land, and King’s office drew on that in reaching its conclusion about fishermen who are wading in a stream."
The falls are now "owned" by 7th Heaven Ranch, although I question how they can legally own a year-around creek.
I looked that up awhile ago in regards to Bonito Falls. If you enter the creek from a legal spot then you have legal access through private property, so long as you stay within a few feet of the waterline. That doesn't keep land owners from enforcing their own ideas, however...
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