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Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-032 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

Bureau of Parks and Lands COVID-19 updates: 'March 26, 2020: Select Coastal State Parks Closed Due to [COVID-19]' (Reid, Popham Beach, Fort Popham and other Midcoast and Southern Maine coastal parks and beaches closed Mar. 27 - Apr. 8, 2020; playgrounds closed until further notice), as captured Mar. 28, 2020

Select Coastal State Parks Closed Due to COVID-19 (Bureau of Parks and Lands updates of Mar. 20, 24 and 26, 2020)

Bureau of Parks and Lands (Director Andy Cutko), with the support of Governor Janet Mills · Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands (State agency) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands (State agency) · Maine
Level
State
Authority
12 M.R.S. § 1803 (Bureau of Parks and Lands; rules for State parks) (pin to be verified); Governor's Proclamation of Civil Emergency of Mar. 15, 2020 (ME State file)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-27)
End
2020-04-08 per the notice (later extended; coastal parks reopened in May 2020 under the Governor's Stage 1 plan, ME State file; not verified) (read as 2020-04-08)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closure
Addressees
  • the public
  • coastal park visitors and beach concessions
Functions reached
  • CB customer base (coastal park visitation)
  • AM beaches and concessions
  • TV coastal day-trip travel
Character
context
Collection
State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) today announced that, with the support of Governor Janet Mills, it is taking additional proactive [measures to protect the health and safety of Maine people from the threat of COVID-19]. Effective Friday, March 27 at 12:01 am, the following Midcoast and Southern Maine coastal State Parks and beaches are closed until April 8: Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Fort [Popham...]... Playgrounds are closed until further notice.

Enforcement

Closure of State property; 12 M.R.S. § 1803 park rules (pin to be verified)

Notes

The department that houses Maine's agriculture and parks functions closed the coastal parks that anchor Midcoast tourism at the start of the season.

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