The river is now about 2 weeks from being completely dry. It is about 2' deep at the 41 bridge. I have tryed to get as much information about it being illegal to ride there as I can. My brother in law is the UnderSheriff in Hamilton County, so he is the second in charge at the Sheriff's office. He told me that the Swannee River Water Managment took over the river bed. They are the ones that made it illegal to ride there. The local sheriffs department was asked to enforce the rule. No signs have been posted so far. I was also told that the main reason for closing the river bed was becouse of complaints from local land owners concerning tresspassing and also campers leaving fires burning and leaving trash and beer bottles all in the river bed. One of them being a top notch lawyer in Hamilton County. People would not stay in the river bed. They keep going on private land. My father in law owns land on both sides of the river bed for about a mile. We all ride atvs from his land into the river. People would see our tracks and follow them up on his land. He was always afraid of someone getting hurt on his land and sueing him. I hate it that they closed the river bed for all. I really enjoyed meeting people down there. I did hate it during hunting season, when I would be sitting in my tree stand just to have 6 or 7 atvs come riding by on our land. My father in law told my brother in law that he has hunted and road atvs in the river bed all his life and that he dares Hamilton County Sheriff's Office to fine him for being there. I was told that locals will not be cited as long as they access the river bed from private land and not from the 41 bridge.