WSPC01610

• File Number: 7630.285
• Description: Wild and Scenic - General
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 6/18/1974
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Critical Issues in Colorado Relating to Wild Scenic and Recreational Rivers
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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preserving sections of other selected rivers in their free-

flowing condition for the benefit and enjoyment of present and

future generations of Americans.

The three classes of river areas described in Section 2(Q) of

the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act are as follows:

(1) Wild river areas--Those rivers or sections of
rivers that are free of impoundments and
generally inaccessible except by trail, with
watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive
and waters unpolluted. These represent
vestiges of primitive America.

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Scenic river areas--Those rivers or sections of
rivers that are free of impoundments, with shore-
lines or watersheds still largely primitive and
shorelines largely undeveloped, but accessible in
places by roads.

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(3)

Recreational river areas--Those rivers or sections
of rivers that are readily accessible by road or
railroad, that may have some development along
their shorelines, and that may have undergone some
impoundment or diversion in the past.

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Section 5(a) of Public Law 90-542 did not designate any Colorado

rivers for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic

Rivers System; and, therefore, no studies were required under

Section 5(b) which call for expeditious study of each river

named in Subsection (a) in order to determine whether it should

be included in the national system.

Section 5(d) of Public Law 90-542 directed the Secretaries of

Interior and Agriculture to make specific studies and investi~

gat ions to determine which additional river areas within the

United States should be evaluated--in all planning for the use

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