CHAPTER 13

H.P. 497 - L.D. 680

Resolve, Directing the Department of Conservation To Create

the Kennebec River Historic Waterway

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:

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;

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

3. Offer primitive camping at intervals along the waterway to encourage canoeing, kayaking and other forms of recreation; and be it further

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