LURC's statutory mandate is to oversee planning and zoning in the entire unorganized townships. The proposed bill takes away the first of these two responsibilities, as it relates to boat launches. No longer would LURC be able to say, there are already enough boat launches on this outstandingly special, high value lake. LURC's role would be diminished to that of checking to make sure site specific issues such as erosion control are addressed. We fear that taking away LURC's ability to consider whether the use proposed is in an appropriate location is a first step towards tying LURC's hands so it cannot do its job, not just on boat launches but on all issues for which it is responsible.
State agencies have different mandates.
The Bureau of Parks and Lands is responsible for managing specific pieces of property owned by the state. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is responsible for managing the fisheries and wildlife as well as fishing and hunting. Only LURC has umbrella responsibilities over the entire 10.5 million acres. Only LURC is charged with balancing the competing demands. Because all uses cannot occur in the same place at the same time, it is LURC's responsibility to try to find room for all within the unorganized territories.