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<br />~1YCf.'ING <br /> <br />Excludinq 1nr'lian lands, the federal aoverr.f."€nt fl'anaces approxirn2,tely 48 <br />Dercent of the surface land area of \,YolT'inq. The vast rra"ority of ~Jvomina's <br />rivers ann streams arise on fef,eral laDes aDd !TIany of thf'm flow alr"ost <br />exclusively on these lands. There are c:urreDtly SOll'E' /.5 l'1illion acres of <br />Forest Service lanns managed as wildf'rness iD ~yomina, with ~FP II proposals <br />coverina approxirnately 700,000 ~nditi0nal acres, ~tere are also SOl'1e /.4 <br />million acres of ~lational Park lands and the Pureau of I<'Inc Manaaernent hRS <br />nominated approximately 525,0011 acres as Wilderness Study )lreas. In SUIT', <br />rouah ly ten rercent cf the' total surface area of \I1yornina is manage<'! ul"'der or <br />proj:'Osec1 for very strict protective status. -'hen one considers the location and <br />rGurse of Wyorninq's rivers al"'d streams, it is apparent that a sianificant number <br />of strearns and stream se<1J1'ent are inc1ee<'! r'e facto wil,~ anr'l scenic rivers r'ue to <br />the status of the surrounc1inq lands. ""rrover, I-ycmino's en'liroDl"ental ouality <br />regulations, water auaUty and fishery classification systems, al"'c over2]) <br />resource management, programs provi(ie a larqe deqree of protection to our <br />critical water resources. <br /> <br />/' <br />, '\: <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />NATICNAL FIVFFS <br /> <br />In recent vears, three searnents in Wyoming have heen studied by federal. <br />land managemPnt agencies as potential caDnidates for the National wild and <br />Scenic piver System. A sP.gl11E'nt of the Sweetheart piver vJas stuniec1 aDd rejected <br />beca,use it did not meet the 25 mile lenClth criterion, 't'he ReaClan JI,drninistraticn <br />is proposing to add 13 miles of the cnake River in Brinner-TetoD National Porest <br />to thf' System. 21.5 miles of the Clarks Fork of the Yello~stone piver in <br />Shoshone National Forest are al~o proposed. EnvironITental impa~t statements and <br />reports have been filed for beth of these rivers. <br /> <br />CCNTAcr: t-'r. Paul Cleary <br />~atural ?esource Analyst <br />State Flanning Coordinator's Office <br />23211 Capital Avenue <br />Cheyenne, WY fl21107. <br />(307)777-7574 <br /> <br />BIBLICGPJlPHY <br /> <br />1. Final report of the Stream Preserv2tion Peasihilitv Studv C0~ittee, ~Y0minq <br />ReL:L.Eatiol1 C:ofilITiission, 0ctcber, 1974, pp. 85. <br /> <br />" <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />68 <br />