National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for protection under Asked river basins in the United States.

The law for the creation of protected areas, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, was built on a recommendation by the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission ( ORRRC ), a commission appointed by the President of the United States. Original and scenic river areas should be protected from human intervention, which would jeopardize these properties. The bill was introduced by Senator Frank Church in the U.S. Congress and signed by its adoption by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 2, 1968.

Rivers or sections of rivers can be awarded by Congress or the Ministry of Interior of the United States as a Wild and Scenic River and placed under protection. Rivers, which are characterized by scenic beauty, cultural or historical importance, high recreational value, geological feature or worth protecting animal and plant world, this status to be granted.

Are administered, the individual Wild and Scenic Rivers of one or more government agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ) or states.

Goodwill recognized as Wild and Scenic River and enjoys a protected status that is different from that of a National Park or Wilderness Areas. Non- active environmental protection or fundamental as stopping human intervention is the focus, but the preservation of the special characteristics of the river.