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ALLAGASH ACTION ALERT –

We need your voice at public meetings!

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There are 4 sets of public meetings arranged to discuss important revisions proposed for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway management plan! We urge you to attend one of the following meetings to speak IN SUPPORT of the proposed changes.

MEETINGS:

BACKGROUND

In 2002 the Maine Department of Conservation (DOC) and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) addressing the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.  The MOA, among other things, called for a revision of the Waterway’s 1999 Management Plan. The intention of the review was to revise the plan in light of the Wild and Scenic River Act’s application to the Waterway. DOC has completed its review process and will be holding multiple public meetings to discuss the proposed management plan changes:

·         Address dams, bridges, buildings and the type and number of vehicle access points

·         Incorporate the intent of the federal “wild” river designation

·         Consider the use of the Waterway by Maine citizens

·         Integrate key components of the River Driver’s Agreement

Adoption of the proposed revisions will help to ensure that the Allagash Wilderness Waterway’s Management Plan address the “wild” component of the waterway and will embed key components of the River Driver’s Agreement into the Management Plan.

MORE INFORMATION:

For more information go to the Citizens to Protect the Allagash website www.allagashonline.org or email allagash@allagashonline.org.

You may also contact Diano Circo of NRCM at 622-3101, or Leanne Krudner of the Sierra Club at 761-5616.

Maine Chapter Sierra Club

One Pleasant Street

Portland ME 04101

phone: (207) 761-5616

fax: (207) 773-6690

email: maine.chapter@sierraclub.org

web: http://maine.sierraclub.org