The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve...
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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...
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the Wild and Scenic River System. The two rivers intersect in the Wild Rivers Recreation Area. Approximately 69 miles (111 km) of the Wild and Scenic River...
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adjacent land along the rivers. The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is one of the original eight National Wild and Scenic Rivers, largely as a result...
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lower reaches. List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers List of rivers of Alaska "Nowitna River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological...
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Andreafsky rivers became part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The designation covers about 265 river miles (RM) or 426 river kilometers...
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and Pine Creek Rail Trail. Two rivers in the Pennsylvania Wilds - Allegheny and Clarion - are designated as parts of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers...
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designated on the Current and Jacks Fork rivers in 1964. It is one of the original eight rivers named under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as possessing "outstandingly...
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of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Of this, 20 miles (32 km) are designated "wild", 24 miles (39 km) "scenic", and 18 miles (29 km) "recreational"...
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designated a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. With the notable exceptions of Big Bend Ranch State Park, Big Bend National Park and the Guadalupe...
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term "wild river" may also more generically describe or identify free-flowing rivers without dams. Where rivers or river systems may be labeled 'wild rivers'...
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and several tributaries, all within Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, were designated "wild" and added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers...
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long. It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the centennial celebration of Zion National Park. The first known Euro-American...
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Skagit, Cascade, Sauk, Suiattle Rivers in Washington State for Possible Inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System: Joint Report (Report). United...
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Charley River and all of its main tributaries became part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. A total of 208 miles (335 km) was declared "wild" along...
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Eagle Cap Wilderness (section Wild and Scenic Rivers)
Eagle Creek National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine - Minam River National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Archived...
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Rio Grande and Red River are National Wild and Scenic Rivers. NM 378 that traverses the recreation area is designated a New Mexico Scenic Byway. Recreational...
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Resources Data, 2004, USGS "National Wild and Scenic Rivers System" (PDF). rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Archived from the original...
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(2005). Rivers of North America. Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier Academic Press. p. 932. ISBN 0-12-088253-1. "National Wild and Scenic Rivers System". rivers...
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Delaware National Wild and Scenic River is a federally designated area of the Delaware River protected under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in Pennsylvania...
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the river along this stretch, which is part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Turning northwest, the Sycan receives Rock, Kelly, and Nixon...
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the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve were designated "wild" and added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The designation means...
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Management Rivers in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (225 miles;...
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of the river was protected as "wild" as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the wild segment...
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"National Wild and Scenic Rivers System". rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved 2023-01-05. "Wind River, Alaska". National Wild...
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rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved 2023-01-05. "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved 2012-06-04. "North Fork Smith River". Geographic...
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October 1988 under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and is protected by the National Park Service. The nation’s Wild and Scenic Rivers System was established for...
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(122 km) of the Cache la Poudre River were designated as a Wild and Scenic River under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The designation spans from...
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(291 km) of streams in the Gulkana River watershed were designated "wild" and added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1980. This included the 47...
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Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5. "Tlikalkila River, Alaska". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved November 29, 2013....
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