Wild & Scenic Rivers Quiz

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Question 1:

What were the original eight Wild & Scenic Rivers?

Question 2:

Yesterday, President Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, thereby designating how many new miles of Wild & Scenic River in Oregon?

Question 3:

How many miles of the Rogue River are designated as Wild & Scenic?

Good Luck!

86 New Wild and Scenic Rivers!

Today, President Obama signed the Omnibus Public Lands Bill into law, thereby protecting 86 rivers under Wild and Scenic status and over 350,000 acres of public land.

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act:

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, 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 and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dams 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 free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes. (Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, October 2, 1968)