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<br />rOUISIl\Nl' <br /> <br />LOl'isiana's Patural ani! ,C::cenic Fivers Syste.'1' was 2uthorbec' by tlce state <br />leaislature in 1970. To cate there are &F river seowents in the svstem totalinG <br />C'(lproxil1'ately 1250 miles, makino it one of the /T'0st eytensive state systp"'S in <br />the nation. <br /> <br />A,drninistration of the system is t'1e responsibility of the Louisiana <br />Departmer,t of wildlife and Fisheries. f:1owpver, t-re Act does not reauire a <br />review of pro?"sals to add or rel'Dve streams from tr<: systeJ'll. Af1Jninistrat ion <br />shall re for ",..preservino, protecting, n<:velcpinq, reclaiminq an~ enhancinq <br />the wilderness aualities, scer,ic r,eauti,os and ecolcoicaJ regimen..." of <br />designated rivers, and for "...preservino aesthetic, scenic, recreational, fish, <br />wildlife, ecolOGical archaeolcgical, oeoloclicaJ., ootanical..," and other <br />features. <br /> <br />The Act contains a section which SPecifically prohibits channelization, <br />clearino anct snaqc,Iina, channel ,,,,al5.qmrent an(1 reser"oir ccnstnJction on <br />desionated rivers, and rrovides for a penalty for violations of tris seC'tion. <br />All other uses mav be undertaken only upon issuance of a permit by the <br />Administrator after a thorou9h evaluation of the proFOsec' \]~e. I'dditi0'1aJlv, <br />the Act prohibits any state official from t~king any action to have a desionated <br />stream included in the National Wild ~nd Srenic Fivers System without prior <br />arproval of the state legislature. <br /> <br />C(J\lTAcr: r"r, ChArles Killebrew <br />Louisiana Natural ~ivers System <br />vept. of lVildlife & Fish <br />PO Fox 15570 <br />Patton Rouae, LA 70895 <br />(5(14) 347-5868 <br /> <br />RIELIOCPAPBY <br /> <br />1. ~atural and Scenic StreaWR System, nP.part~ent of wildJ.ife ann Fisheries, <br />June, 1976,rp.23. <br /> <br />2. DClvidson, G,G. "Streams ana St.ream Preservation - 2'ustificaticn for a Scenic <br />Fivers Prooram in rouisiana." M.S. Thesis, rnuisiara ,c::tate Pniversity, <br />cTanuary, 1971, rp. 126. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />24 <br />