The Wild Rivers System shall be administered by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves according to the policies and criteria set forth in KRS § 146.200 to KRS § 146.360. The cabinet upon recommendation of the office shall adopt rules or promulgate administrative regulations necessary for the preservation and enhancement of the stream areas as set forth in KRS § 146.250, and for control of recreational, educational, scientific, and other uses of these areas in a manner that shall not impair them. In administration primary emphasis shall be given to protecting aesthetic, scenic, historic, archaeologic, and scientific features of the area. The office shall develop a management plan for a designated stream area and shall publicize and hold public hearings and record the views expressed on each plan developed. Management plans for a given stream area may establish varying degrees of intensity for its protection, based on special attributes of each area, but shall follow the concepts embodied in KRS § 146.230. No public use of lands within the boundaries of a designated wild river area in which the state has acquired an interest shall be permitted prior to the development of a management plan.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 14, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
2017 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 6, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 127, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 7. –
– Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(1), (9). — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 8.