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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Tenf'essee's Buflalo Scenic River The <br />Stare S~srem also Includes the Harpern, <br />Roarmg. BJaci<bl.llfl FOIl< Col/lrls, <br />Conasauga HlW8ssee. and FrenCh <br />Broad Rrvers and Spring and Jackanoe <br />Creeks <br /> <br />stream alleration such as impound. <br />men!. diversion, and channelization <br />It was delermlned that there wele <br />intangible but slgmhcam bene/Its 10 <br />be derived by deferring certain <br />types 01 stream and riverbank de- <br />velopmenl and emphaSizing the <br />preservation of nalural, historical, <br />and cullural attributes along those <br />streams. <br />As passed in Apnl 1968, the <br />Tennessee SceniC Rivers Act des- <br />ignated ten streams In the system. <br />In 1969 an amendment Included Ihe <br />Hatchie River in West Tennessee, <br />thus increasing the system to its <br />present level of eleven designated <br />rivers. <br />Depending upon a stream"s clas. <br />Slflcatlon and olllcia! boundaries, <br />certain project activities may be <br />aulhorized for Implementation by <br />the Depar1ment of Conservation and <br />the Tennessee Wlldlile Resources <br />Agency (TWRA) Planning develop- <br />ment. and administration 01 a <br />Scenic River prOjec! val)' depend- <br />ing upon the natural CharacterlSllCS <br />of eaCh Slream. however. the goals <br />and objectives of implementation <br />remain the same-preservaflon 01 a <br />river in a ma.nner that prOVides a <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />OOli581 <br /> <br />Summary of Stale January 1971 <br />Wild and Scenic Rivers Programs <br /> System or How Established (date) Number <br />State Program legislative Admin. of Rivers <br />Alabama System 1969 <br />Alaska None <br />Arizona None <br />Arkansas None <br />California Syslem 1972 9 <br />Colorado None <br />Connecticul None <br />Delaware None <br />District 01 None <br />Columbia <br />Florida None 1972 0 <br />Georgia Syslem 1969 0 . <br />Hawaii None <br />Idaho None I <br />Illinois None <br />Indiana System 1973 2 <br />Iowa System 1970 1 <br />Kansas None <br />Kentucky System 1972 B <br />Louisiana SySlem 1970 43 <br />Maine' System 1966 1 <br />Maryland System 1971 9 I <br />Massachuse!lS Program 1971 0 <br />Michigan System 1970 6 <br />Minnesota System 1973 4 <br />Mississippi None <br />Missouri None <br />Montana None <br />Nebraska None <br />Nevada None <br />New Hampshire None <br />New Jersey None <br /> <br />gratifYing and educational outdoor <br />recrearion e~perience and promoles <br />/he perpetuallon 01 wise land and <br />water use along tha.t stream <br /> <br />Alabama <br />The State of Alabama nas one <br />Wild and SceniC River, Lillie River. <br />deSignated in 1969 Also. ellons are <br />underv.'ay by the Slate and the Ala- <br />bama Rivers Conservation CounCil <br />10 secure passage of legislallon <br />based on the National Wild and <br />Scenic R,vers Act and the Tennes- <br />see SceniC RlVers Act <br /> <br />California <br />In 1972. Senate Bill 107 (Chapter <br />1259) established a California Wild <br />and Scenic Rivers System The act <br />named 9 fivers and streams, includ- <br />ing portions of the Klamath. Scott. <br />Salmon. Trirllly. Ne'..... Smith, Eel, <br />Van Duzen. and American Rivers. <br />and directed preparation 01 man- <br />agement plans The State has be- <br />gun preparation ot plans lor se- <br />lected tributaries and mainslem <br />reaches Included Within tne system, <br />Actual plans are being prepared <br />through contracts With environmen- <br />