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The Buffalo National River, the first National River established in the United States Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. There are four national rivers (marked with an asterisk) and ten national wild and scenic rivers administered as distinct units of the National Park System. [2]
Missisquoi and Trout National Wild and Scenic River [3] Missisquoi River, Trout River: VT: Dec 19, 2014 0 0 46.1 mi (74.2 km) 46.1 mi (74.2 km) Missouri National Recreational River [3] Missouri River: NE, SD: NPS: Nov 10, 1978 0 0 0 98 mi (158 km) Upper Missouri River: Missouri River: MT: BLM: Oct 12, 1976 64 mi (103 km) 26 mi (42 km) 59 mi (95 km)
Fourteen national parks are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS), [6] and 21 national parks are named UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BR), [7] with eight national parks in both programs. Thirty states have national parks, as do the territories of American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Photo highlights allow Google Maps user to see points of interest in national parks. Make sure to download the map before you go to the park and potentially lose cell service.
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
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Logo of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act into law, October 2, 1968. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542 [1]), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a ...
View down Colo River Valley, New South Wales, being river recently protected as a Wild River under New South Wales' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. In 1979, Tasmania's Hydro-Electricity Commission released a proposal to dam and inundate the Gordon (37 km (23 mi)) and Franklin (33 km (21 mi)) Rivers, leading the Tasmanian Wilderness Society and other conservation groups to mobilize one of ...