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This Concurrent Resolution establishes the Public Recreation Access Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding public access on the state's navigable waters, which are waterways like rivers, lakes, and coastal areas that are suitable for public travel and commerce. The resolution acknowledges that Louisiana's coastline offers valuable hunting, fishing, and nature-viewing opportunities, but access is often limited to waterways due to a lack of roads and the complex, often indistinguishable, boundaries between public and private property, especially where land has become submerged. The task force will be composed of a diverse group of members representing various stakeholders, including sportsmen's groups, landowners, the oil and gas industry, environmental organizations, legislative members, and state agency officials, and it is charged with gathering information and proposing policy recommendations to the legislature by February 1, 2020, after which it will cease to exist.