Study of the Financing of the Small Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources

Report No. 95-11

Summary

The State operates small boat harbors and boat launching ramps in all four counties.  Our 1993 report, Study of the Financing of the Small Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report No. 93-24, found that the statewide boating program needed improvement.  Facilities and services varied from harbor to harbor and were sometimes inadequate.  Accounting controls for the program were also deficient.  In our l995 follow-up, Report No. 95-11, we found that the department has not yet developed a comprehensive boating program.  No specific statewide standards exist for facilities and for services to the boating public, and there are no specific goals and time lines for bringing facilities and services up to standard.