WSP07852

• File Number: 7630.625
• Description: Wild and Scenic - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 10/1/1974
• Author: Haskell
• Title: Amending the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the Lower St Croix River Act of 1972 - 93 rd Congress - 2 nd Session - From File Titled Wild and Scenic River Materials
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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a ~l'ril's of I"Ilpid~ that al'(' of model'atp. tlillh'uJty awl n'I'Y Ilolm1:11'
with nwo(.jsl:-:.
St.'ady two.tllil'lLo; of the K('ttlt. Hin>r ha~jn is: forf'sh'fl. TliN(' are
S:OIlW fllnns along the rin'r and a 1l1llIlJ)('J' of ~rnall cOlIIlJllluitil'S. From
the town of SandstoJle S01Tl(~ ;,;1I1lih.s to till' Jllo\lth (If the Kl'ltll' at the
St. Croix.llu're arc only ahout fin> hOUlf>s visihlf' from the ,"in'l'. Puhlic'
land oWIU'I"Ship in tJlt' Gt'neral C. C. .;\llcll'l'WS St:lh' FOI'l':-:it. Banning:
:-'tatl' Pal"k. tlu' Stnndstone Game Herugt'. C'1U'n.!!"walan Slate Forest
:LIHI St. ('mix ;-;late I)al"k lIas hl'!ped tu'pnltl'd_ tlw }lrillliti\"e valut's
of the an'a.
Xl'\'('rtllt'lc'ss. ('OIHlitioIlS f:n'orill/! futul'(> dpn']npul<'Jlt rlf tl)(> Kptlle
.u',. rapidly PIlI('I'giIlI!. Two-tJlinll-i of the In lid :J!on.~ tIle Kettle is in
prinltf' oWIH'rship. Taxes ilre ('sealatill,!!, and it is Ilt'('oming more anti
1ll0l'l' {'xpl'nsin~ for people to maintain unden'loped property. The
populolls Twin Cities and Twin Ports Ul'('as arc l.xt'l'ting incn'a:-:it'd
pr('ssurf' for sC'cond home denloplII('nt. and ,'isitol' llS{' in tile major
:-:t:ll(' Parb along the Kl'ttlt' has tripled during tht' }I:lst tin' yt'ars,
Finally. J.\.deml protection lIIHIl'r tlJ(' "'ild and Sn'nie Hinl's .ht of
tll(' ~llint Croix (into whi{~h tlH~ Kettle flows) and of tilt' Saint Croix's
otilel' lIIajor tril)Utal'Y~ the Xamckagon, will illc,-itably lu!ightC'1l
denlopllll'llt. interest iJl the Kettle.
The Kettle Hi,'cI' has be('JI d(.signatl'd [01' sl ud}" IIntlt~r tht, l:)'j:;
.\lillUl':-,ota \\'ild and Se'enic 1:i,'ers Act. The State stud,' is HOW Jll'ur-
ill,!! ('olllpldion. and all iuuications a 1'(' that tlle .\linJl{'soi:t DC'partJl\t'llt
of Xatul'al HpsollI'Ct':-> will be preparetl to IIIOn' tl.heud with tl. program
fOJ'tlteKt>tth'.
In light of this Statl' study. Sl'natOI' ~rofldal('. SpOJl:'Ol' of ~, :!li~ll.
which propO~t'~ the Kl'ttle for Federal study df'sl'rihpd the pro5pl.ctin'
role to !it' I'laYNI hy tile Federal study:

.\ stud.,. of tile ft~:Ltun'::; of the Kl'llll' most th.'Sl.'niug of
national jiJ'()tection is clearly w:lIT:1ntt'd. TIlt' fad that. the
:-5tatc stud.,. is now allllo:-;t. complete should Hut St'ne a!::l :~
dt,telTl'ut t~ act ion~ but ratiteI' as a IlWallS to expedite a ft.'dL'1'a1
e,':duation. The work of the ft'del'al stud\" tf'am would be
gn'atl,v facilitated by drawiug UpOIl tll(' aual,ysi:-> aln'auy ~lol!e
Ly the )Iillnesota lJepal'tHlL'lIt of Xatllral 1:('5011I'Ces. fIll:';
!'ludy. I would IIOIlt', \YCudd focus primarily Ull what the aI"
prupl'iatc roles of Fellt'ml. ~tatL' and Ilk'al gm'crmnt'nt. ~hou d
Ill.'. in lll'll\'iding- for all ('lh'din' Ilrt'~{'n:iti~)1I 111'0::ra]l1. If tllP
:-<.llIdy lilldillf~ rt'nallhat the .::'Iatc of ~'[IIlIll'sota has nil of
the lil1<llll:iaJ and I1HlIl:lgt'menl tools l"('quirC'd to :lyoicl allY
dC':"tl'lIdioll of the sl'l'llit..: alld priruiri\"I' ndllps of Iht, KNth,.
tIlt, fl'(ll'ral ,!!on'nilnt~nt'.s n':,polIsibililit>!' IIlig-ht IJI' cUllliru'll
lIlen,l\' to n'cof~llizill,!! tlu>lIl1iqUI' lI:lturp of this n'Slllll'l'('. Bill
if th(' 'study !T';p:ds that f('tIt-ral back-up !lroh'dioll i.s l"l'ljuin',1
III f'afl'!,.r1J:ll'd the Kt'tth'. lht'll an appropriate ~tat{'. FClleral
and 10(:;11 ~on.>nlllll'nl manag('llu'Jlt progralll ('ulIltl be clt,\-is("d.

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