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<br />t <br /> <br />Oul084 <br /> <br />,_ .. w .. . <br /> <br />in the system. <br /> <br />Rivers are classified as wild, scenic,or recreational. The basic differen- <br /> <br />ces between the three catagories are the degree of development that is permitted <br /> <br />along the shorelines, the type of land use, and the methods and ease of accessi- <br /> <br />bility. Wild rivers are essentially natural like in appearance with no sub- <br /> <br />stantial evidence of man's intrusion and access generally is limited to trails, <br /> <br />whereas recreational rivers may have some agricultural and/or small residential <br /> <br />development along the shorelines. Ready access to recreational rivers is per- <br /> <br />mitted. A wild river would also qualify as a scenic or recreational river. The <br /> <br />criteria set forth in Section 2(b) which differentiate wild, scenic, or recreational <br /> <br />rivers .are as follows: <br /> <br />Wild river areas--Those rivers or sections of rivers that are <br />free of impoundments and generally inaccessible except by trail, with <br />watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and water unpolluted. <br />The above represent the vestige of primitive America. <br /> <br />Scenic river areas--Those rivers or sections of rivers that <br />are free of impoundments, with shorelines or watersheds still <br />largely primitive and shorelines largely undeveloped, but acces- <br />sible in places by roads. <br /> <br />Recreational river areas--Those rivers or sections or rivers <br />that are readily accessible by road or railroad, that may have some <br />development along their shorelines, and that may have undergone some <br />impoundment or diversion in the past. <br /> <br />Important information for each of the three river classifications are <br /> <br />contained in the GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL <br /> <br />RIVER AREAS PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER <br /> <br />SYSTEM UNDER SECTION 2, PUBLIC LAW 90-542 which was prepared in a joint effort <br /> <br />by the Deparnnentsof Interior and Agriculture and intended for use in their <br /> <br />studies. The attributes and management objectives that distinguish the three <br /> <br />classifications are summarized in the attached table. All three designations <br /> <br />share the COImllon requirement that the rivers must be "free-flowing" (Sec. l,b) <br /> <br />and without impoundments. An impoundment is defined as a slack water pool <br /> <br />-2- <br />