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I - in attendance were almost unani- mously agamst any regulation thaI would allecl private boaters_ As a result 01 these meetings the man. aging agenCies will have \0 reevalu- ate the review group's proposal. Rulemaking by the Manne Board was scheduled lor January 1977. Within the boundaries of the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Areas 01 the river there is land lhal re- mains in private ownership. In com- pliance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. the Bureau of land Management and Forest Service are acquiring control of the land Within the boundaries 01 the area through scenic easements or acquiSlllons of fee !tlle_ Initially some 5,100 acres of land were identified tor scemc ease- ments or tee Illle purchase All 01 the acquisitions and easements Within the Bureau's portion of the wild area have been made How- ever, wllhin the Bureau's recrea- tional segment only 1,914 acres have been purchased or protected with an easement This leaves ap- proximately 1,957 acres to pur- chase. obtain a scenic easement. or rely on restrictive county zoning ordinances Primary emphasis on thiS land Will be In acquiring scenic easements In order to protect and comr01 the e..isting vegetative 24 c ......... :'1" ~? .- screening along the river's bank To the exlent feasible in areas not visible from the river. the Bureau will rely upon a Josephine County special loning ordinance which prohibits induSlrial or commercial use and restricts housing denSlly A study of the Skagit, Cascade, Saul<, and SuiaWe Rivers in north- west Washington State was author- ized in the anginal legislation (p.l. 90-542). The U,S. Forest Service is lead agency for the study. The State 01 Washington is a Sludy participant. A draft environmental statement and study report were issued on June 15, 1975, These documents proposed that the Cascade, Sauk (including the North Fork) and Sui- aWe Rivers be claSSified as Scenic Rivers lor their entire study area length, and that the Skagll be clas- Sified as a Recreational River ftom the upstream side of the pipeline- utility corridor crossing near Sedro Woolley upstream to Bacon Creek Public heanngs were held on the study proposal in Augusl 1975. A tolal of 227 responses 10 the pro- posal were received: 74 were oral responses submitted at the hear- ings; the balance were submllled in wrltmg. Completion 01 the final environ- mental statement and study report was delayed lor approximately 8 000597 The Rogue River in Oregon oflers spectaClJlal ""hire. walel boarinr;} months, beginning in late 1975, while the Forest Service completed an environmental analysis of the potential impacts of a proposed nuclear generalmg plant upon the Skagil River near Sedro Wooley, This analysis has been completed, and work. has been resumed on the river study Al present, the Foresl Service has completed a preliminary final en- vironmental statement and sludy re- port. These documenls have been reViewed by the Chief of the Forest Service. and by other agencies withm the Deparlment of Agricul- ture. They have been transmitted by the Secrelary of Agriculture to the Olllce 01 Managemenl and Budget for fmal review The Illinois River in Oregon was one 01 the origmal study rivers named m the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The study was inl!lated in August 1971 The study report has been reViewed by lhe Depart- ment of Agncullure and Department of the lmenor and other concerned Federal agencies The Orall En- vironmental Slatement and report should be available lor public re- view during lhe spring of 1977. The Illinois River, !rom Deer Creek. to Its mouth, was included in the Oregon Scenic Waterway Sys- tem in 1970. The Stale has been coopera!lng In the Federal study effort. On the segment ot fiver between Bnggs Creek and Nancy Creek, commercial outflHers have been limited to three trips per week. Fu- ture overall use levels are being considered in additIon al a level of lhree triPS per day. There are no non-commercia! limitations at this lIme. The Middle Fork 01 me Salmon River in Idaho is one of lhe onginal Wild and Scenic Rivers eslablished by P L 90-542, on October 2, 1968. The entire length, 104 miles. and adlacentlands are classified as Wild River Area. except for the one mile i I