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<br />")"03?0 <br />o . ...d <br /> <br />Figure 2.5: Reservoir on the Penobscot <br />River in Maine <br /> <br />Chaptt'r2 <br />RJw', etJl1dJllolL~ _I.d A....,..Ki.lt'd Stat.. <br />P'n'It"Clion Effort" <br /> <br /> <br />Canada Fans lake. an e~'sllng l'1ydropower dam <br />reservOIr slmlla' 10 lhal which would have been <br />created by the B'g A Dam <br />Source Maine Departmenl 01 Conservallon <br /> <br />Most Rivers Not <br />Threatened by New <br />Shoreline <br />Developments <br /> <br />Except for 2 rivers-Ow Suwannee in fo'lorida and tht. Wisconsin-new <br />shoreline d(>veloprnent has. not lx't'n a problem on the 13 rivers we <br />reviewed. The problt>ms on the SuwaJllw(' and Wisconsin, involving the <br />construction of numerous vacation homes, are attracting increasl'd state <br />and fedt'ral attention. <br /> <br />In April 1986, whell we toufed pan of the Suwannee Hin'r in Florida. <br />we saw many recently constnll'ted hOllses, cabins, and trailers on the <br />short'. Tllt'~, dWt'llin!!s WPrt' asstwiatf'd with tH'C dearing. roads. satel. <br />lile dishes. and seawalls. (St:'p figs. 2.t; to 2.f1.) In this regard. state agen. <br />dt's along with th(' {l,S. Fish and Wildlife ~'r\"kc in Florida initiat('(! <br />regulatory efforts or land acquisition to n'slrict furlin' d('\'(')opment in <br />ordt'r to prott'ct remaining scenic and natural area,... Thc Florida statc <br />gOH'rnmelll and the IT.S. Fish and Wildlife St:'n:ice are acquiring lands <br />and s('('nk c<lsements tHl murh of tht' ~llwann('c for wildlife n'fugt.s, <br />parks, and natural an'a.", In addition. lhp slale and loca] go\'{'rnmellts <br />are implt'llwnting more I;md use rom rnls [0 rt'sl rkl d('\'l'k'J)fnt~nt on the <br />Suwannee"s floodplain and important natural and scenic an'as. <br /> <br />PIl"..27 <br /> <br />G,\O HCl::n..-"l7-;19 WlId and Sn'nk Hi""",, <br />