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Revised December 17, 1984 <br />MANAGEMENT OF DREDGING PROJECTS <br />Lk ek.,ling projects can modify the natural appearance of shoreland areas and <br />dEyrade water quality. <br />GOAL Preserve the natural appearance of shoreline areas and minimize <br />degradation of surface water quality which can result from dredging <br />operations. <br />POLICIES <br />A. Allow dredging projects to improve the recreational, wildlife and <br />fisheries resources of surface waters, and when necessary to implement <br />or maintain an existing legal right of navigational access. <br />B. Prohibit dredging in the water courses, water bodies or wetland areas, <br />permanent or intermittent, which would enlarge a natural water course <br />landward to create a channel to connect adjacent backwater areas for <br />navigational purposes. <br />C. Allow maintenance dredging to remove sediment. <br />