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<br />0024R7 <br /> <br />Colorado has no rivers in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers <br /> <br />System at this time. <br /> <br />A brief description of the study teams' findings for <br />each of the twelve rivers (eleven studies) follows, <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />"t' <br /> <br />Big Thompson <br /> <br />The 12.6 mile segment of the Big Thompson was found <br /> <br /> <br />ineligible for the National System, due to its short length and <br /> <br /> <br />a lack of sufficiently outstanding features to justify an exception <br /> <br /> <br />to the length criterion. . <br /> <br />Cache la Poudre (report still in draft form) <br /> <br />'i <br /> <br />This river was studied from its headwaters to a point <br /> <br />above where it flows from <br /> <br />its foothills canyon. The draft report <br />~. <br />. <br />except for the lowem segment. Consider- <br /> <br />found the river eligible, <br /> <br />able controversy has been generated by the draft report, the <br /> <br />revision of which is still under consideration by the Forest Service. <br /> <br />Neither the Governor nor the Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />has taken a final position on this study. <br /> <br />Colorado-Lower Dolores <br /> <br />These rivers ~ere found to be eligible for inclusion in <br />the Natioanl Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with a total of 87 miles <br />recommended for designation (12 miles of which are in Utah). The <br />. <br /> <br />lower e~even miles of the Dolores was not recommended for designation. <br />The Governor endorsed these recommendations. <br /> <br />- 2 - <br />