LOUISIANA

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LOUISIANAS (add your state and pictures here)
NATURALAND SCENIC RIVERS
Amite River
Whiskey Chitto Creek
Pushepatapa Creek
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NATURAL AND SCENIC RIVERS(add information
regarding your states scenic river initiatives
or other initiative relavent to water issues)

• The Louisiana Natural Scenic Rivers System is
  one of the nations largest, oldest, most
  diverse, and unique state river protection
  initiatives
• It currently includes 52 streams, rivers, bayous,
  stream complexes and segments thereof, totaling
  over 1700 miles
• Additions or deletions to the Scenic River System
  are made by the LA Legislature

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NATURAL AND SCENIC RIVERS

• Created by the Louisiana Natural and Scenic
  Rivers Act in the early 1970s
• Outlined requirements for a river to be included
• Established a regulatory program
• Empowered the Secretary of the LA Department of
  Wildlife and Fisheries to administer the system
  through regulation and permits

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ACTIVITIES REQUIRING A PERMIT

• Bridge, pipeline, and powerline crossings
• Bulkheads, piers, docks, and ramps
• Waste water discharges
• Land development adjacent to the river
• Prospecting and mining natural resources
• Water withdrawal for irrigation
• Aerial application of pesticides fertilizers to
  fields adjacent to scenic streams

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ACTIVITIES REQUIRING NOTIFICATION OF THE LA
OFFICE OF FORESTRY

• Selective harvest in 100 foot buffer of the low
  water mark of a state scenic stream
• Cutting trees for insect and/or disease control
• Harvesting trees for personal use by the person
  who owns or leases the property

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BUT - - -

• Disposal of trees or treetops into a Scenic River
  is a violation of both the State Water Pollution
  Control Act and the Scenic Rivers Act
• The riparian landowner is liable for a violation
  of this nature regardless of who actually placed
  the trees or tops into the stream

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ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED BY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

• Channelization
• Clearing and Snagging
• Impoundments
• Commercial clearcutting of timber within 100 feet
  of the low water mark

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PENALTIES

• Civil penalty of up to 1,000 for each violation.
  Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a
  separate offense.
• Criminal penalties for first, second, and third
  and subsequent offenses.

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Spring Creek
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Bayou Cocodrie
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CONTACTS

• Keith Cascio
• Scenic Rivers Coordinator
• La. Dept of Wildlife Fisheries
• 368 CenturyTel Drive
• Monroe, LA 71203
• Office 318-343-4045 ext. 4
• Cascio_DK_at_wlf.state.la.us

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