I Heard the Wichita County treasurer on the radio friday. (A county that borders the Red River).
He said they (the BLM) had requested (and did) meet with various counties along the Red River, and they were surveying the land, and that they would want to take the lands between the tree line (supposedly the tree line indicates the highest the water can rise in a flood) and the river.
As you might imagine, along the course of the Red River, this is a lot of land.
More importantly, they will own the land along the river (and can control access) and I am SURE they will claim control of the water as well.
But now they claim they had no such designs.....yeah right.
The following link is to the master plan of what the BLM is trying to accomplish. It
encompasses many areas which they hope to have final plans in place by the end of 2017.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/219455667/OFO-Newsletter-Final-i