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<br />(",sORmA <br /> <br />Although C-<<>raia has rad a leqislaU<7el<7 autborized rivers protectiol" <br />program since 1969,( the Georgia Scenic Rivers Act) it has not beeD considered <br />to be an effective one. No rivers were included l!ntil 1978 when the system's <br />onlv three rivers were clesigDated, ~ of those searr.ents are within a NationaJ. <br />Wilderness area and the other was an early component of the National wild and <br />Scenic Rivers Syste~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One of the proble~s with the act is its vagueness on Pr0tective rreasures, <br />The act expressly prohibits construction of darrs on desianated rivers, but that <br />is its principle strenoth. Deleaation of responsibility for ad~iDistration of <br />the syste!" is oren--ended. The State Council for the Preservation of Natura] <br />Areas is responsible for stuayinq and recommendinq rivers to the General <br />Asse~bly for possible inclusion. The Council's report ~Jst specify tre ftate <br />agency recommended as the aO~inistrator of the river or segment, HOwever, <br />nothina in the law reauires the development of manaaemeDt plans or protective <br />0uidelines. <br /> <br />Recently, C..eoraia has been I<Orkina to [lrotect natural and cultural <br />resources, includina rivers, throuoh its peritaae Trust Prosraw. F.stablish~ by <br />Executive order in 1972 and passPd into law in 1975, the proaraJl1 provides for <br />state acaui~ition of key sites and areas as reco~ndeC by the fifteer citizen <br />~embers of the Heritage Trust Commission, a nubernatorial-appointed ?Oency. <br /> <br />I-lNJ'IGl1P,[ RlVERf <br /> <br />~D rivers, the Oaeechee and the Chatooga, are heiDg studied for possible <br />inclusion in the National Wild and SceDic Rillers System. A third, the Suwannee, <br />was studied by Conaress and state preservation was recommended. <br /> <br />CCN'l'A,c:r: Mr. f'larvev G. Youna <br />Dept. of Natural Resources <br />Ream 815-0 <br />270 Washington St.,SW <br />Atlanta, GA 30334 <br /> <br />ErBr,rCX::RAPHY <br /> <br />1. r..eoraia Peri taae Trust PrO<'lraTT' (paI11Prlet), I'€partl"ent of ~Tatural Resources, <br />Heritaqe Trust "roaram" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />14 <br />