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<br />OlJ21t63 <br /> <br />}'FW YOPf<' <br /> <br />Legis)iltion was enacten in 1912 to estahlish a state system of Wil<1,,"'cenic <br />and Recreational rivers. The lilw provides that rivers may be studipn hy the <br />responsible state aoencies or bv local interests, followinn .mich Droocsa)s fcr <br />classificatj.on and ~esianation 7:ro to the oovernor and t.be lenislature: !>later <br />quality ann otr.er criteria are included in t~e act, All state agencies ore <br />directed by the law to pursue pOlicies to enhance the conditions of desionatpCI <br />rivers and- such rivers are to remain free flowing (i,e. no c1~s, diversions, <br />etc, ) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The act sets forth criteria for both eligibility and classification as .~ll <br />as rranaoernent or administraion. Minimum length is ~rescribec1 only for wild <br />rivers -- 5 miles. In oeneral, the criteria are similar to t~osP in the <br />National wile' and Scenic pivers ~ct, <br /> <br />l'ncler the Fild, Scenic ar.d Recreational Rivers System )l.C"t, the r.olIT1'issi(')ner <br />of the Department of Fnvirol1l1'ental Conser"atkn (!'SC) is respcnsitlp for <br />administration of the act nutsie'e of the siy million acre ~rirondilcY Park. <br />viithin the Park, DF'C is responsil::le for thcse rivprs fl(,)I,'inq on publk "forever <br />wild" Forest Preserve land and the ~,dironnack Park l'gency is resr'Onsible for <br />those on private land. <br /> <br />Sections of 15 rivers, totalinq 172 miles, in the ndirondac~ Par~ ~~re <br />desionated into the state system in 1977 with the passaae of the enahlino act. <br />In 1Q75, sections of 55 rivers in the Park, total inn 1,027 miles were afc1ec. <br />C'utside of the Pilrk, sections of seven rivers, tntalina ~9 miles, have heen <br />desiqnated. ~be statewide total is 1,228 miles, one of thE laraest wilc1, scenic <br />and recreational rivers systems in the ration. <br /> <br />The t1<lO principal rivers olltside of the Jldironc'lark Perk tbat have been <br />designated are on Long Island--the CarMens and the Connetquot. Upon <br />des i<mat ion, a l"Ora tor iurr, was declared on developnent in the corridors, the <br />hcundaries of which were subsequently fixed h', Co~issicner's Order. ~his will <br />stay in effert until DFC's statewic1e reaulation and lann use auidelines are <br />adopted and, subseauently, a manoaement plan and individual river requaltions <br />are completed, <br /> <br />wi~~in the Adirondack Park, reaulations were adopted hy the Adirondack Park <br />Aoency in 197h. Tl:ese were inte0rated with the Asen~"s overall reaulations for <br />the Priv~te land Master Plan for the Adirondack Park. These reoulations ~brace <br />all of the designated rivers in the Park on private Innd. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Outside of the Park, ;-rocAdures reauired ry CFC include a post-desinnaticn <br />IT'anaqelTent plan, to be accol1'plisped ,,,,itp substantial local cro!=€ration with <br />incorp:>ration of local ill'plelT'€nt:aion orr1ini'nces. ,"'tate authoritv for rontrol of' <br />land use in the ccrridon; of designatec' rivers may be delegatE"" to local <br />sover~ents throuah l~moranda of understanding. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Eleven rivers have neen leaislntillel'l autrorized for study outside of the <br />Park and arout ~o !"Ore have been studied inf0rmaJlv. It is recoanized rv DFr. <br />that the rivers system offers local aOllernernerts a~r1 J;mdn.'r1ers an excel'lent <br />means to comprehensively ITanaae and protect, in cooperation with the state, <br />outstanding free-f10wing rivers, <br /> <br />45 <br />