Laserfiche WebLink
<br />, ..4~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~. ",. . <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />C\~C13 <br />2/20/81 <br /> <br />0024R6 <br /> <br />. STATUS OF COLORADO WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS STUDIES <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which was passed by <br />Congress on October 2, 1968, immediately placed parts of eight <br />rivers (not' -in Colorado) into the wild and scenic rivers system and <br />listed others for study. However, it was not until a 1975 amendment <br /> <br />(PL 93-621) that rivers within the state of Colorado were added to the <br />study list. This amendment required that parts of several rivers be <br />studied for possible inclusion in the system, including: Big <br />Thompson, the Cache la Poudre, the ColoradO, the Conejos, the <br /> <br />Dolores, the Elk, the Encampment, the Green, ~e Gunnison, the <br />~ <br /> <br />Los Pinos, the Piedra, and the Yampa. <br /> <br />The Act proviged the States the opportunity to partici- <br />pate with the federal ag~ncies on studies within their boundaries. <br />The state of Colorado so elected, and the Department of Natural <br />Resources through the Wa~er Conservation Board assumed the role of <br />state study team leader tor the joint state-federal study efforts. <br />The studies h~ve now been completed and final reports <br />submitted for all except the Cache la Poudre, which is still in <br />the draft stage. Of the ten final reports only two, the Dolores <br />and the ,Encampment, have been forwarded to Congress for consideration. <br />The remaining eight reports are with the Office of Management and <br />Budget. Congress has not acted on any of the ColoradO rivers, so <br /> <br />. <br />