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<br />OOOG39 <br /> <br />National System. On JJ.nuJ.ry 3, 1975, the <br />Congress amended the Act through Public <br />Law 93-G21, thereby adding 29 3dditional <br />rivers tor .study. <br />River studies are cOllducted by study <br />letlJ1l<; lindeI' the leJ.ctership of the DepartmEnt <br />of the Interior or the Department of Agricul- <br />LUre who work in close cooperJtion with <br />States, their politicJI subdivisions, and con- <br />cerned Federal agencies. The studies form the <br />basis of reports to the President ;:lIlcl Congress. <br />Each study report contains information and <br />nu.kes rCCl.ullTllcmbtlons about the river's <br />eligibility for illclu<;ioll in the National Sys. <br />tem, and indicates how lIses of the land and <br />"'ater would be cnh;lllcecl. foreclosed. or cur. <br />tailed if the river and its adjacent lands were <br />t1dded to the National System. <br />Bi1sed On studies completed through mid- <br />1975, two rivers have been added to the Sys- <br />tem through congressional action: Lower St, <br />Croix, Minn.-Wis. (P.L. 92-560), and Chat- <br />taoga, N.C.-S.c..Ga. (P.L. 93-279). The Up_ <br />per Iowa, Im,,'a, the Suwannee, Ga.-Fla., and <br />Little Beaver, Ohio, have been recommended <br />for preservation through action by the States. <br />Three rivers-the Allegheny, and Clarion, Pa., <br />tlnd the j\Jaulllce, Ind.-Ohio, have been found <br />not to qualify. <br />The task of preserving and administering <br />Irec-Howing .streams is not one that can or <br />.,hould ht undertaken solely by the Feder:tl <br />Government. Therefore. the \Vild and Scenic <br />RivLrs Act encourages States and local gov_ <br />ernmcnts to panicip::ne in this program. <br />~J.o .\trengthcn thc objectives of State and <br />lucal panicip:nioll. the Act provides a means <br />for including select SWte-adlllinistered river <br />;lI.e:I.S ill the Ntltional System. The Allagash <br />\Vilderness \VaterwllYs in I\'Jaine and a portion <br /> <br />of the \\'ulf River in vVisconsin were idclHified <br />;IS tWO ~llCh State river areas. On July 19, 1970, <br />the Secrctary of Ihe Interim. added the AlI;}- <br />gash \Vilderncss vVaterway to the National <br />Sy~tell1 where it receives full Ftderal protec- <br />tion. Later, on August ~3. 1973. the Little <br />Mi:lmi. Ohio. was :ldd~<l following- similar <br />;lnioll hy the Secretary. <br /> <br />Criteria for Inclusion in the <br />National Wild and Scenic <br />Rivers System <br /> <br />All rivers in th<: Nation~l1 S,'stem mllst be <br />substantially free-Hawing and l~a\'e water of <br />high quality or water tllat could be restored to <br />thal contlilion. Therefore, rlw Environmental <br />Protection Agency, in cooper<1tion with State <br />water pollution control agencies, is involved <br />in the study and selection of rivers for the <br />SV'item. Th~ ri\"t'l" and adj<1Cenl lands also <br />n~1I5t be in ;( natnral or esthetically pleasing <br />condition and possess olltsli1nding scenic, rec- <br />reation. geologic. fish and wildlife. historic, <br /><.:ultural or other similar values. <br />However. rivers are diverse, and man's <br />lISe of them and their watersheds has altered <br />them in varying degTee$. The \Vild and <br />Scenic Ri....ers Act therefore established three <br />cb.ssific:ltions for inclusion in the system: <br /> <br />Wild River Areas <br /> <br />Those rivl'rs or sectioD<; of rivers that are <br />free of impoundments and generally inacces- <br />sible except by trail, with w;aershcds or shore- <br />lines csscnti:llly primitivc ;lI1d Waters unpol- <br />luted.. Thesc represent vestiges of primitive <br />Americ<l. <br /> <br />Scenic River Areas <br /> <br />Those rivers or sections of rivers that <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />5 <br />