Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Amendments: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - Outdoor recreation |
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American River BLACKWELDER Burke bill Cahaba River canoeing canyon Chairman Chappell Cheat River Colorado confluence CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Congressman conservation consideration construction County Cross Florida Barge Dead River Dead River Swamp Department designation downstream enactment Federal fishing Florida Barge Canal flows Forest Service free-flowing HALEY HECHLER impoundments included Lake Ocklawaha land legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LOBB Manistee Manistee Rivers miles Monongahela National Forest moratorium National Forest National Parks national system National Wild natural North Fork Ocala National Forest Oklawaha River Parks and Recreation portion potential addition preserve proposed protection recommend recreational river Reservoir RESLER river area River for potential Scenic and Wild Scenic Rivers Act Scenic Rivers System Secretary section 5(a segment SEIBERLING Shavers Fork Sierra Club SIKES SKUBITZ statement stream study category study river Thank tion trout Washington water quality water resources watershed WATT West Virginia Wild and Scenic wild river Wilderness wildlife Wisconsin River
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Page 133 - States shall assist by loan, grant, license, or otherwise in the construction of any water resources project that would have a direct and adverse effect on the values for which such river was established, as determined by the Secretary charged with its administration.
Page 147 - Environmental Impact of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal With Special Emphasis on the Oklawaha Regional Ecosystem".
Page 47 - Nothing contained in the foregoing sentence, however, shall preclude licensing of, or assistance to, developments below or above a potential wild, scenic or recreational river area or on any stream tributary thereto which will not invade the area or diminish the scenic, recreational, and fish and wildlife...
Page 12 - The country through which it flows is beautiful ; the groves are so dispersed in the prairies that it makes a noble prospect ; and the fruit of the trees shows a fertile soil. These groves are full of walnut, oak, and other trees unknown to us in Europe. We saw neither game nor fish, but roebuck and buffaloes in great numbers.
Page 6 - The total cost of the project if it were completed would be about $180 million. About $50 million has already been committed to construction. I am asking the Secretary of the Army to work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing recommendations for the future of the area.
Page 40 - (1) Wild river areas.— Those rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impoundments and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and waters unpolluted. These represent vestiges of primitive America.
Page 76 - THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act...
Page 62 - Study river means a river and the adjacent area within one quarter mile of the banks of the river which is designated for study as a potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to section 5(a) of the Act.
Page 51 - Congress declares that the established national policy of dam and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their freeflowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes.
Page 147 - This contribution is directed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of the Interior and supervised by the services and bureaus of each department.