 | United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs - 1972 - 196 pages
...The act states, "that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational,...cultural, and other similar values shall be preserved * * * and * * * protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations." The entire... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee - 1973 - 88 pages
...system. In passing the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968, Congress declared that "selected rivers . . . which . . . possess outstandingly remarkable scenic,...recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and . . . shall be protected... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee - 1973 - 542 pages
...river section. The Federal Government only acquired those rights needed to protect and preserve the scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, and other similar values of the free-flowing river. In most cases, the private owner retains the right of occupancy and use.... | |
 | United States. EIS Task Force - 1975 - 468 pages
...United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational,...values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition. 82 Stat. 906. Section 15 (b) defines the term free-flowing as follows: 'Free-flowing1, as applied to... | |
 | United States. Great Lakes Basin Commission - 1975 - 148 pages
...rivers of the nation in free-flowing condition; to protect these rivers and their immediate environments which possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values; to protect the water quality of these rivers; and to fulfill other vital national... | |
 | United States. Forest Service - 1977 - 198 pages
...National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Within this reach are found the outstanding combination of scenic , recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural and other similar values of a free-flowing river which is the Intent of Congress to preserve for present and future generations.... | |
 | 1977 - 326 pages
...the United States that certain rivers, because of their "outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreation, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural and other similar values shall be preserved in a free flowing condition and that they and their immediate environments shall be pro\ tected for the... | |
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It declared a national policy that those river stretches "which possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they... 
