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six other rivers in lhe region are being considered for inclusion In !he system, These are Upper Mississippi River, BOA re- sponsible, preliminary report is un- dergolflg informal review by lhe Wild and Scenic Rivers InTerdepart- mental Study Group. FiftY-lhree miles 01 the fiver are in the Stale system (designated on 6/25/76). Wisconsm River, joint BOR/Forest Service led study. preliminary re- port IS undergoing informal review by the Wild and Scenic Rivers In- terdepar1mental Study Group, Au Sable River, US. Forest Service responsible, the study team has al- most completed the field recon- naissance of the river. Manis/ee River, U S Forest Service responsible, Ileld reconnaissance has been completed by the study learn and Qualifying segments ten. tatively identllied Ket/le River, BOA responsible, ini- tial field work has been completed Designated a Stale Wild and SceniC Rivers System component on 7/17/ 75. Pere Marquette River, US. Forest Service responsible, report has been submllled 10 lhe Office of Management and Budget for re- view In 1966 lellers poured info lhe WaShington, DC. of lice of the Bureau of Ouldoor Recreation, and, later, into the offices of U.S. Sena. tors and Representatives as a grass-roofs drive took hold to in- clude the wild, unspoiled Wolf River in Wisconsin in a national system of wild and scenic rivers Time lor 1he Wolf River was running out-real estate speculators and developers had at last discovered this priceless resource. The Stale was beginning to ac- Quire land and easements along the Wolf Alver but the negoliations to acquire control over the many par- cels along Ine river were lime con- suming Federal action 10 save the Woll River appeared 10 be lt1e only effeCllve answer to Ihe problem 32 00D6;)5 In 1964, a drall "Study Report of the wolr River, Wisconsin" was prepared by the Depanment of the Interior. On lhe basis 01 lhis study and strong public support In WIS- consin, the Wall River was included as one of lhe "instant" rivers in legislation Introduced In the Con- gress to establish a national system 01 wild and sceniC rivers While this legislation was being considered by the Congress, a Land and Waler Conservallon Fund grant was made 10 Wisconsin in 1967 10 aid lhe State in aCQUiring shoretine along lt1e Wolf and Its leeder streams in Langlade Counly, The follOWing year, the passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act brought into lhe National System that por- tion 01 the Wolf River that 110ws through Menommee County /rom the Langlade-Menomlnee County line downstream to Kesnena Falls Thus lar lhe National Park Serv- Ice, which IS responSible for admin. Isterlng the fiver as a component 01 lhe National Wild and Scenic Rivers Syslem, has been unable to r8ach an agreemenl wllh ll"'.e Menominee Indian Tribe regarding aCQu,sltion 01 land and mterests along the WOlt River The amount 01 pubhc use Ihe Mellominees will permll on their lands adjacent :0 Ihe river IS un- certain, Michigan's Man/slee River is one 01 six m the Lake Central Region being considered tor addllion /0 the Nafional System I I Since 1965, there has been strong Slate and local Interest in Ohio lor preserving the Lillie Miami RIVer and including it as part of a national system_ The Ohio Depar1ment of Natural Resources. encouraged by local groups, asked the Ohio Universlly Planning Institute in March 1966 to Sludy bolh the lillie Miami and the wild and scenic river legislation in the Congress and make appropriate recommendations. ThiS Sludy, com- pleled in 1967, concluded that the Lilt Ie Miami River possessed the Physical character, enVIronment, historic associations, and loeational atlributes wnich made ItS preserva- lIOn as a free-flOWing river and ItS Inclusion in a national system highly deSirable A good example 01 local interest In pleservmg the Lillie Miami River was the lormallon 01 Lltlle Miami, Inc. in Seotember 1967, This non- PIOIit organization was 10rmed 10 promote and encourage protective Stale and Feceral leglslallon and r>as since gro.....n to <In organization oj over 2.000 indiViduals, wllh the I