Hunting and fishing groups are up in arms, calling the bills a blatant
land grab that will block them from pursuing their favorite pastimes.
It seems like little more than bureaucratic tinkering. Bills now filed in the Florida House and Senate would change the definition of where something called the "ordinary high water line" is measured on waterways across Florida.
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie, National Geographic
"This is where we hunt," explained John Hitchcock, president of the United Waterfowlers of Florida.
