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<br />003J61 <br /> <br />However, rivers are diverse, and man's <br />use of them and their watersheds has al- <br />tered them in varying degrees. The Wild <br />and Scenic Rivers Act therefore estab- <br />lished three classifications for inclusion <br />in the system: <br /> <br />Wild River Areas <br /> <br />Those rivers or sections of rivers that <br />are free of impoundments and generally <br />inaccessible except by trail, with water- <br />sheds or shorelines essentially primitive <br />and waters unpolluted. These represent <br />vestiges of primitive America. <br /> <br />Scenic River Areas <br /> <br />Those rivers or sections of rivers that <br />are free of impoundments, with shorelines <br />or watersheds still largely primitive and <br />shorelines largely undeveloped, but acces- <br />sible in places by roads. <br /> <br />Recreational River Areas <br /> <br />Those rivers or sections of rivers that <br />are readily accessible by road or railroad, <br />that may have some development along <br />their shorelines, and that may have under- <br />gone some impoundment or diversion in <br />the past. <br />Through these classifications the N a- <br />tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System pro- <br />vides for protection of a range of water- <br />ways-from the few remaining primitive <br />and remote rivers to those whose banks <br />may have undergone settlement or de- <br />