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~ -\-... ~~ n_..';4._~.' II' ""7~ I . to-i' 7.-!y,~ ( , . " ,. Some State Programs: As tabulated In the chart below, most of Ihe Slales have initiated Of are considering stream prolection programs_ Some outstandmg ex- amples are found in California. Ken- lucky, louisiana. Mame, Michigan. Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ore- gon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and WisconSin, Some 01 lhese are sum- marized below Contacts are pro- vided elsewhere in "Slale Scenic Rivers Contacts" Maine The Allagash RIver in Maine has long been recognized as one 01 Ihe outstanding wild and scenic rivers In the United Stales. A 1956 Slate Plan first mentioned 11 lor possible acqUlslt;on Interior Departmenl studies plOposed an Allagash Na. liOl"lal Recreation Area and aNa- Ilonal Riverway in the early 1960's In 1963, the State created an Alla- gash River Authority An Allagash AdViSory Commillee. formed under the Authority. was authorized to for- mulale plans and proposals to pre. selve the Allagash In 1966, these ctlons resulted In State legislation creatmg the Allagash Wilderness W;;terway and authonzing a $1 5 million bond issue to acquire the needed lands and Willers In 1970, the Allagash became the first S~ale' administered comoonent 01 Ihe Na- llanal Wild and Scenic Rivers $ys- tern. By 1972, all land acquisilion had been completed with one. hail the required 53 million provided by the land and Waler Conservalion Fund In 1973, the State completed an Allagash Wilderness Waterway Concept Plan 10 guide manage- ment, The Allagash Wilderness Water- way consists of a 92-mile corridor through the rivers, lakes, and tor. ests of northern Maine The area mcludes an inner re- stricted zone where camps, timber cutting, and all construction are pro. hlbited ThiS zone vanes from 400 to 800 feel from the high water mark An outer zone el<.tends one mile tram the tligh water mark, and lhough privately owned, is con- trolled by the State's policing powers Timber harvest is allowed in ttle outer zone accordmg to ap- proved culling plans_ These tools. for acquiSItion and police powers lor limber CUlling, have been used to protect the Alla- gash Others. such as zoning and easements, have not been used Problems most frequently en- countered in the area include ac- cess which is all privately owned. need for registration of users. diS- persal of groups away from main roules of travel, need to restrict group sizes. Iota! use limits, and disposal 01 Iiller Although Maine does not have an olflcial STale wild sceniC, or rec- reational river program. It has been successlul wllh !he Allagash Also, two Sta:e laws prOVide potential protection 01 M3lne.s rIVers Land US<2' Regulation Commlssior' stal- ();)()58n Canoeists pause in a trip along Maine's Allagash River utes govern activities wilhin 250 feet of all flee 1I0wing walers Within the unorganized areas. while shore- line zoning statutes require all or- ganized lowns to zone all land within 250 feet 01 all bodies 01 water, including wetlands. The Bureau of Outdoor Recrea- lion in the Departmenl of the Inter- Ior, is presently studYing the East and West Branches or Maine's Penobscot Rive! lor possible wild and scenic river status in lhe Na- IIOnal System, Tennessee The Tennessee Department at Conservation has sought to create a system of balanced outdoor rec- reation actIVities in a manner com- pallble With other important re- source objectives, The Tennessee Ouldoor Recreation Area System (TORAS), as admmlslered by the Department. consolidates a variety of recreation programs in one uni- fied and complementary scheme. The purpose of lhe TORAS is to integrale a range at recreational use and development philosophies through the eslablishment of spe- clhc programs and projects. A malar Natural Resource Area claSSifIcation emphasizes concepts of preservatIon and limited levels of development The State Scenic Rivers Program is an integral com- ponent of the Natural Resource Area claSSification, stressing prolec- tion of outstanding river resources in Tennessee In 1968 lhe Tennes- see General Assembly passed the State Scenic Rivers Act and author- ized the Department of Conserva- tion and the Game and FTsh Com. mission (now Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency) to implement the program. The act (Tennessee Code Annotated 11 .1400) preceded other Stale and Federal legiSlation in programmmg a comprehensive system 01 sceniC streams The law recognized ltle need to moderate , I I 7