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<br />001740 <br /> <br />~, <br />I <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />for designated segments to provide for protection of water and air <br /> <br />quality and to safeguard against degradation. <br /> <br />Assumptions for Component Need Specification <br /> <br />(1) Assumptions related to demand and supply for the NED components <br /> <br />are: <br /> <br />State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan figures adjusted <br /> <br />r <br />~ <br />I. <br />I <br />~ <br />" <br />" <br />I <br /> <br />(a) Need for canoeing and rafting on streams is based on Colorado <br /> <br />for the Yampa River Basin area. <br /> <br />(2) Assumptions related to derivation of need for EQ components are: <br /> <br />(a) There is a national need for the beneficial esthetic, <br /> <br />environmental, and spiritual effects associated with the <br /> <br />preservation of free-flowing streams that have outstandingly <br /> <br />remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />or other similar values. <br /> <br />(b) Eligible segments were evaluated for their wild, scenic, or <br /> <br />recreational character. It is assumed that the greatest <br /> <br />contribution to the EQ objective in this study is made by <br /> <br />the inclusion of areas in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />System as wild river areas; the next greatest, by scenic <br /> <br />river area inclusion; and the least by recreational river <br /> <br />designation, providing in each case th~t the river segments <br /> <br />meet or are worthy or being enhanced to meet minimum classi- <br /> <br />fication criteria. <br />