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Conservation of Natural Resources /  Preservation of Outdoor Traditions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Bill to Allow Home Rule to Regulate Jet-Skis Passes Massachusetts House. October, 2002. Conservation Law Foundation. http://www.clf.org/hot/comments_20030429_personal_watercraft.htm

Caught in the Wake, The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Personal Watercraft. 1999. Laurie Martin, Izaak Walton league of America. http://www.iwla.org/reports/pwc.html

Code of Virginia (Boating Laws, 2003) Section 29.1-734.
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), Reference
Guide to State Boating Laws, Sixth Edition

Code of Virginia (Boating Laws, 2003) Section 29.1-744.
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), Reference
Guide to State Boating Laws, Sixth Edition

Drowning in Noise - Noise Costs of Jet skis to America. April, 2000. Charles Komanoff and Howard Shaw. A Report for the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse. http://www.nonoise.org/quietlakes/newhome.htm

Forget Sharks - Worry About Personal Watercraft. September, 2001. Brian Keane,
Cape Cod Times. http://www.clf.org/hot/forget_sharks.htm

Hostile Waters, The Impacts of Personal Watercraft on Waterway Recreation. 2002. David Jenkins, American Canoe Association.
http://www.acanet.org/conserve-hostilewaters.htm

JetSki Noise - A Request for More Effective Regulation.1999. John Bradley.
http://www.nonoise.org/resource/jetskis/jsmemo.htm

Jet-ski Ordinances. The New Rules Project. 1999.
http://www.newrules.org/environment/noiseJetski.html

Jetski Position Paper. Bluewater Network. april, 2002.
http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/campaign_pl_pwc.shtml

New York Enabling Legislation for Town Jet Ski Bans. 1999. The New Rules Project/Environment.
http://www.newrules.org/environment/noiseNYpwc.html

Personal Watercraft and New England’s Environment. 2003.
http://www.clf.org/advocacy/personal_watercraft_page.htm

Personal Enjoyment In, Personal Watercraft Out - CLF and the People of Greensboro
Claim Victory over Jet Skis. Oct. 2001. Conservation Law Foundation.
http://www.clf.org/advocacy/Personal_watercraft_VT.htm

Personal Watercraft Safety - Safety Study. May, 1998. (NTSB/SS-98/01,
BB98 - 917002, Notation 2002) National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C.
Protecting Public Lands - Personal Watercraft: Creating Havoc in Their Wake. 2003.
http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/campaign_pl_pwc.shtml

PWC Legs and Regs. Last updated, May 8, 2003.
http://www.www.pwcLinks.www2.50megs.com

Rhode Island Regulation of Personal Watercraft. 2002.
http://www.clf.org/advocacy/personal_watercraft_RI_fact_sheet.htm

San Juan County’s Jet-ski Ordinance NO7. 1998. The New Rules Project.
http://www.newrules.org/environment/noiseSanJuan.html

This Craft is causing wave of complaints. July 4, 1999. Garvey Winegar, Richmond Times Dispatch.

Town Bans Jet Skis, North Hampstead Becomes First Town on Long Island to Use
New State Law to Ban Jet Skis, July, 2001.
http://www.waterways.nsw.gov.au/pwc.html

Virginia Handook of Boating Laws and Responsibilities. 2001-2003. Requirements Specific to PWC.
http://www.boat-ed.com/va/handbook/index.htm