Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 146.270 (2026)

Administration of system by Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves --

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Administrative regulations -- Management plan. 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 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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Commonwealth ex rel. Dep't for Nat. Resources & Env't Prot. v. Stephens, 539 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. 1976).

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Commonwealth ex rel. Dep't for Nat. Resources & Env't Prot. v. Stephens, 539 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 2× “(KRS 146.270). It further clothed the secretary for the department with authority to adopt rules or regulations necessary for the preservation and enhancement of the stream areas and for the control of recreational, educational, scientific, and other uses of these areas in a…”

Com. Ex Rel. DNR & EP v. Stephens, 539 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 2× “(KRS 146.270). It further clothed the secretary for the department with authority to adopt rules or regulations necessary for the preservation and enhancement of the stream areas and for the control of recreational, educational, scientific, and other uses of these areas in a…”

Lexington Coal Comapny, LLC v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Energy & Env't Cabinet (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). “6 The diverse statutory authority for quasi-judicial Cabinet hearings under 400 KAR 1:090 is found in the following state and federal statutes and federal regulations: KRS 146.270, 146.450, 146.990, 149.344, 149.”

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