Laserfiche WebLink
<br />o:~ ,1jJ~ <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br />-.... <br />, <br /> <br />~ ",'.-, " <br />~- <br /> <br />"* <br /> <br />I <br />IIor;; <br /> <br />-< <br />, <br /> <br />.....:.... <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />THE NATIONAL WILD AND <br />SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM <br />Public Law 90-542 <br /> <br />The \rild and Scenic Rivers Act declares: <br />". . . certain :-:elected rivers of the Na- <br />tion which. with their immediate envi- <br />ronments. po~se:;:; outst;mdingly remark- <br />able ~cenic. recreational. geologic. fish and <br />wildlife. hi~tOl'i(.. cultural or other simi- <br />lar ,":tlues. shall be preserved in free-flow- <br />ing condition. and that they and their im- <br />mediate environment:-: shall be protected <br />for the benefit and enj(l~'ment of present <br />and future generations. The Congress de- <br />clares that the estauJi:-:hed national policy <br />of dam and other construction at appro- <br />priate sect ions of the rh'ers of the United <br />State:-: needs to he complemented by a <br />policy that would presen-e other selected <br />rivers or sections thereof in their free~ <br />rtowinll condition to protect the water <br />quality of such rivers and to fulfill other <br />,.ital national con:,ervation purpo!-les." <br />