WSPC04680

• File Number: 8040.950
• Description: Section D General Studies-General Water Studies
• Date: 11/23/1983
• Title: Report on River Conservation Programs in the 50 States-Working Draft-Prepared for National Association of State River Conservation Programs
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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for state river conservation programs

c/o NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Room 412, 50 Wolf Road,
Albany, NY 12233

November 23, 1983

MEMORANDUM

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TO: State River Managers

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FROM: Charles C. Morrison,

SUBJECT: 50 State Report on River Programs

Two years ago we prepared and circulated a draft report which, essentially,
was a "catalog" summarizing the river programs in each state, Most of the State
river program managers provided comments on that draft. We incorporated your
comments and more recently put the revised text on our word processor to allow
for updating more conveniently,

Copies of the original draft were used in various states in support of
pending legislation for establishment of State river programs. The material also
has been used by the American Rivers Conservation Council in their lobbying work
for river conservation and in their information and technical assistance programs.
We distributed quite a few copies at ARCC's annual meetings.

It would be very useful to update this report again and I am requesting
your help with this, This is particularly timely in view of the recent intro-
duction of federal legislation, by Senator Durenberger, to aid the development
and administration of State river programs.* The report on the 50 State programs
is still the only one available which provides such information. With your
help on the updating we can have it printed in time for distribution to Congressmen
when public hearings are held on the legislation,

Briefly, I'll appreciate it if you will review the description for your
state and revise it, sticking with the narrative format, with particular attention
to the following points.

1. Identify the nature of the specific legal authorization for your
state river program (i.e" comprehensive legislation, legislation
for one or two individual rivers only, Governor's executive order, etc.).

2. Describe the elements of the program (i.e., eligibility criteria,
study process, designation mechanism, management plans, state/local
regulations, local government role, acquisition program, etc.) as
expressed in the specific legal authority for the program,