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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 123
BY SENATOR NEVERS
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study and make
recommendations to alleviate problems accessing the Pearl and Bogue Chitto rivers.
WHEREAS, accessibility of the state's great waterways is important to recreational
and commercial interests; and
WHEREAS, low head dams on the Pearl and Bogue Chitto rivers have restricted
boater access for more than fifty-seven years; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to improve accessibility and safety, the Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should
collaborate on adding and upgrading boat launch sites as well as providing better access to
the waterways; and
WHEREAS, any workable plan should include efforts to maximize boater access and
utilization of the Pearl and Bogue Chitto rivers.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study and make detailed
recommendations in a report to improve boater accessibility in the Pearl and Bogue Chitto
rivers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such report shall be submitted to the Louisiana
Legislature no later than April 13, 2015.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES