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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 ...
The Wolf River in Wisconsin. This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Each river has been designated by Congress, or, if certain requirements were met, the Secretary of the Interior.
The Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River is a 44-mile (71 km) stretch of the spring-fed Eleven Point River in the Ozarks of southern Missouri set aside through eminent domain for preservation by Congress in 1968. The designated part of the river stretches from Thomasville to State Highway 142.
The Trinity River, which is designated as a wild and scenic river under both the National and State Wild and Scenic Systems. "River" means the water, bed, and shoreline of rivers, streams, channels, lakes, bays, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, and lagoons, up to the first line of permanently established riparian vegetation.
The Bluestone National Scenic River protects a 10.5-mile (16.9 km) section of the Bluestone River in Summers and Mercer counties of southern West Virginia.It was created 26 October 1988 under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and is protected by the National Park Service.
Jan. 22—Political hyperbole aside, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz's concerns raised during a floor speech of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding a bill to protect more than 4,500 miles of rivers ...
The legislation amended the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 to establish 84 miles of three streams within the Los Padres National Forest as new Wild and Scenic Rivers: Sisquoc River - 33 miles (Wild River) Sespe Creek - 31.5 miles (4 miles as a Scenic River and 27.5 miles as a Wild River) Big Sur River - 19.5 miles (Wild River)
The Lochsa (pronounced "lock-saw") was included by the U.S. Congress in 1968 as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. [9] [10] The Lochsa and Selway rivers and their tributaries have no dams, and their flow is unregulated. In late spring (mid-May to mid-June), the Lochsa River is rated as one of the world's best for continuous ...