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<br />OGc.4:n <br /> <br />TEXAS <br /> <br />At the present time there is no legislatively authorized state river con- <br />servation program in Texas. Sucn legislation r.as been rejected on nUI!'erous <br />occasions. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Texas has worked with the Department of Interior in submitting <br />recommendations for the national system. rhe state also naintains an inventory <br />of river sections with potential for inclusion in a state river conservation <br />syste",. <br /> <br />.,.. <br /> <br />The Texas Cutdoor Recreation Plan continues to recommend the establishment <br />of such a system and tre designation of certain river segments. <br /> <br />NATIONAL PlveRS <br /> <br />The Rio Grande was added to the National Hild and, Scenic Rivers System, <br />P.L, 95-625, in 1978. <br /> <br />CONTACT: Ms, Suzanne Carter <br />Ri vers & \ia terways Planning <br />Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. <br />4200 Smi t h Sc hool Road <br />Austin, TX 78744 <br />(512) 479-4900 <br /> <br />IlIIlLIOGRAPHY <br /> <br />1. Texas Haterways: A Feasibility Report on a System of Hild, Scenic & <br />Recrea tional Wa terways in Texas, Texas Parks & \lildlife Dept., ~:ove",ber, <br />1973, Pl'. 64, <br /> <br />2. 1980 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan, Texas Parks and Hildlife Department, <br />July, 1981. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />61 <br />