Laserfiche WebLink
<br />'0028H <br /> <br />GAO <br /> <br />United States <br />General Accounting Office <br />Washington, D.C. 20548 <br /> <br />Resources, Community, and <br />Economic Development Division <br /> <br />B-224697 <br /> <br />December 16, 1986 <br /> <br />The Honorable Bruce F. Vento <br />Chairman, Subcommittee on National <br />Parks and Recreation <br />Committ.ee on Interior and Insular Affairs <br />House of Representatives <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Chairman: <br /> <br />This report is in response to your request that we examine the status of eligible <br />rivers studied under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act that were recommended for <br />state rather than federal protection. The report also addresses your question on <br />whether certain federal wild and scenic river studies included required estimates of <br />federal land acquisition and river management costs. <br /> <br />The report describes changes in the condition of 13 rivers, in terms of water <br />projects, shoreline development, resource development, road and utility <br />construction, water quality, and recreational use, since their federal wild and scenic <br />river studies were completed. The report also discusses river studies that omitted <br />estimates of potential federal land acquisition and river management costs, making <br />one recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior on the matter. As arranged with <br />your office, unless you publicly announce its contents earlier, we plan no further <br />distribution of this report until 15 days from the date of this letter. At that time we <br />will send copies to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. Copies will also be <br />made available to others upon request. <br /> <br />This work was performed under the direction of Michael Gryszkowiec, Associate <br />Direltor. Other major contributors are listed in appendix XIll. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br />(7 '/ /~ <br /> <br />.'""'Ir. Dexter Peach <br />tI' ~ssistant Comptroller General <br />