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0005~~ The river has been claSSified mto fIVe zones-two wtld, !wo scenic. and one recreallonaJ-based upon existing development and resource values. U,S Forest Service manage- ment objectives lor each zone are conS!Slent wllh the values under which they were classified. Wllh some areas 10 be retained in near- wilderness condition while olhers will be developed for more intenSive ",. The river offers some outstanding fishing for brown and rainbow trout and is conSidered by lhe Slate as a Class I-Premium Trout Waterway. Most portions of the river are con- sidered unsafe lor boating. The North Fork 01 (he American River in Placer County, Calif., is being sludled by the U S. Forest Service for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The portion under study is 45 miles long It passes through very rugged, scenic, and sometimes inaccessible portions 01 the Sierra Nevada west 01 Lake Tahoe. Because 01 the terrain, access to the river IS QUite limited. and as a result no commercial raftmg cur- rently takes place Prlva1e recrea- tion use IS qUite lim!ted but some potential exists lor increased while- water use. The study area includes much pnvately-owned land inter- spersed With Ta"oe National Forest. T"e upper study limil is a com- munlly known as The Cedars: the lower terminUS is the federally authorized Auburn ReservOir, a mul- llpurpose BUfeau of Reclamalion project sct1eduled for completion in about 5-6 years. The FOfest Service is currently preparing an inlormahon brochure on Management Al1ernatives. T"is is expected to be available for pub- lic distnbutlon early in 1977 Public meetings Will be held at Sacra- mento and Auburn on the a~terna- lives, beginning in February The North Fork 01 1M American is an exist<ng component of the California State Wild and Scemc Rivers System, but t"e State's des- ignation e_tends 11 miles further 26 The Green R,w':f below Flaming Gorge Dam In Urah, upstream, to Mt Meadow Lake The Stale i!'lilialed and funded a water- way management plan m 1976. Through a Memorandum of Agree- ment, the Forest Service will keep the State inlormed of all Foresl Service study fmdings, recommen- dations, and proposed actIons prior 10 public release of such publica- tions. The Tuolumne River on t"e wesl slope of the Sierra Nevada in Cali- fornia is currently under joint study by the U.S. Forest Service of the Depar1ment of Agriculture, and Bureau 01 Outdoor Recreation, De- parlment 01 the Interior. Located wlt"in Tuolumne Coumy, the entire 92-mlle study area IS within Federal ownership, from the headwaters above Tuolumne Meadows in Yo- semite National Park, through Stan- islaus National Forest. and ulti. mately through a short Bureau of Land Managemem stretch to Ihe study terminus at New Don Pedro Reservoir, River access IS generally very limited, due to the e){lremely rugged topography 01 the area. Much of Ihe study area Within Yosemile National Park has been proposed by the National Park Service for Wilder- ness designatiol'1. The Tuolumne nas been termed the flnesl white- water rafting stream in California, because 01 the Quality of t"e unin- terrupted 18-mile run II oHers. In .~.. - ..~ J;.-" ~~'_ -".-, ", ;.~ -_.",',.-.... - ,.~..!- I I I TfJf! Non'! For" 01 rhe American River in California is now under srudy lor pos- Sible add,:lOn to the National System. additiOn, lt1e State has rated the trout Ilshery an "Extraordinary Fish- ery Waterway," ItS highest rating. Outstanding geologiC and scenic features including examples of the eHects of glaciation are also present in the Yosemlle pOrlion. Primitive California Indian values are also widespread, parllcularly in the lower study area A development proposal has been introduced for the Tuolumne, With 1I1e primary purpose of produc- ing "ydroelectric DOv.er tor sale. By Jaw, no action can be lai<.en on this proposal pendmg COrT"p1etlon of the study A crall reDon and Environ-