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| | | Resolve, Directing the Department of Conservation To Create |
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| | | the Kennebec River Historic Waterway |
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| | | Sec. 1. Kennebec River Historic Waterway. Resolved: That the Department | | of Conservation shall design and establish the Kennebec River | | Historic Waterway, referred to in this resolve as "the waterway," | | from Popham Beach in Phippsburg to Fort Halifax in Winslow with | | the intent of eventually extending the waterway upriver to the | | headwaters of the Kennebec River. No later than January 31, | | 2004, the department shall report to the Joint Standing Committee | | on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry on progress made to: |
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| | | 1. Coordinate the management and promotion of state | | recreational, scenic and historic lands and easements with | | municipal and private recreational, scenic and historic lands | | along the Kennebec River; |
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| | | 2. Integrate launching and landing sites, existing trails, | | historic and educational sites, scenic viewing opportunities and | | other sites of interest in a unified approach to protect, | | interpret, promote and develop the river's outstanding natural, | | educational, scientific and historic resource values; and |
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| | | 3. Offer primitive camping at intervals along the waterway to | | encourage canoeing, kayaking and other forms of recreation; and | | be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Funding; assistance. Resolved: That the Department of | | Conservation shall seek to identify funding sources and technical | | assistance that could help implement joint projects |
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