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vOir The 14 miles from China Gulch to Crooked Creek qualify as scenic: the remainmg 178 miles qualify as wild. The Regional Of/Ice is im\latmg studies m 1977 of a 146-mile seg- ment of the John Day River in Ore. gon and a 35-mile segmen! 01 the Snake River in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The field portions 01 these studies, dral1 reports, and Environmental Impact Statements will be prepared and submilled to the Congress and the Council on EnVifonmenlal Quality, likely in 1979. The Northwest Regional Olfice also has been involved In ellorts to protect a 9O-mile segment of the Deschutes River in Oregon extend- ing from the Pelton Re-regulating Dam downstream to the mouth of the river. Three other entities also are involved in the eltort to prOlect Ihe Deschutes, These are the Warm Springs Indian Reservation which owns land along the upper portion 01 the river, the Bureau of Land Management which administers ad- ditional land along the river, and the State of Oregon which, by virtue of the river being in Its scenic .....aterways system, has responsibil- ity to protect lhose portions of the river which are bounded by prl- vately-o.....ned lands, For several years, the Warm Springs Indians, the Slate, the Bureau of land Man- agement, and the Bureau 01 Out- door Recreation have cooperated in drafllng legislation .....hich woutd add the Deschutes to the National Wild and Scemc Rivers System and thereby achieve protection Irom Federal licensing or developments .....hich are not accomplisl1ed by the river being in the Oregon Scenic Waterways Syslem. It is anticipated that legislation will be Introduced in the 95th Congress 10 add the river to the National System, The Main Salmon River in Idaho was inCluded as a "Stud{' river under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The study has been completed by the U S Forest Service and submllled :0 the 011lce ot Manage- ment and Budget for review 22 000595 - Study of a seQmenl of the Snake River began In 1977. A portion of the Snake Rlver- the Middle Snake in IdahO, Oregon, and Washington-received desig- nation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act wllh signing by Presi- dent Ford In December 1975 01 the Hells Canyon Nallonal Recreation Area Act, P.L 94,199. The segment of river from Hells Canyon Dam downstream to Plltsburg landing, a distance 01 approximately 32 miles, was deSignated a Wild River and the segment Irom Pmsburg landing downstream to approximate fiver mile 180.1, distance of approxi- mately 35 miles, was designated a Scenic River. Public Law 94-t99 also designated as a study river that portion 01 the Snake River Irom approxlmale rlvel mile 180 1 to the lown 01 Asotin, Wash., a distance of approximately 32 miles Manage- ment 01 the deSIgnated Wild and Scenic River is vested with the Sec- retary of AgrlcullUfe The Bureau oj Outdoor Aecreallon is making the study of the "Study River" seg- ment 10 determine whether or not it qualifies lor deSignation and. It so, whether it should be classi!led as W,Id, Scenic. or Recreational PubllC law 94-199 creating the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area also eslablished RatHo River in Idaho as a Wild River under the Wild and Scemc Rivers Act Total -- length of Rapid River and its Wesl Fork thus classified lotals approxi- mately 27 miles. Management is vested wllh the Secretary of Agri- culture and IS being accomplished by the U,S. Forest Service A detailed boundary descriptIon and management plan is be'"9 de- veloped by the Forest Service lor those segmenls 01 the Snake and Rapid Rivers classified as Wild or Scenic in the National Recreation Area legislation The Miadle ForI<. 01 the Clear- warer Wild and Scemc River, an ","stant" component in the system, includes the Selway River; the ClealWater, Nezperce. and Bitter- root National Forests share respon- Sibility for Its management. The Clearwater and lochsa seg- ments flow along U,S Highway 12 and are bordered by some rural de- velopment. The lower and upper sections 01 the Selway are also roaded. However, 50 miles of the river's mid-section passes through the Selway BillerrOot Wilderness. The Wild Section of the Selway has become popular With white- waler boaters To preserve Its qual- Ity and pflSline conditIon. bOat launches have been limited to one party of 16 per day. Reservalions are allocated by loltery With appli- cations accepted annually during the period December 1-January 31, Wilderness IS the most limiting claSSificatIon atjectlng thiS section 1 I