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Kisatchie National Forest
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, Louisiana 71360
Designated Reach: October 30, 1986. From Saline Lake upstream to the Kisatchie National Forest.
Classification/Mileage: Scenic -- 19.0 miles; Total -- 19.0 miles.
Vegetation, animal and bird life, and calm waters characterize the bayou. It is ideal for quiet canoeing and floating.
Kobuk Valley National Park
Post Office Box 1029
Kotzebue, Alaska 99752
Designated Reach: December 2, 1980. The segment within the Kobuk Valley National Park.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 70.0 miles; Total -- 70.0 miles.
The Salmon Wild River, located within Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, is small but exceptionally beautiful, with deep, blue-green pools and many rock outcroppings. Vegetation ranges from alpine tundra to treeless bogs.
Related site: Kobuk Valley National Park
Salmon-Challis National Forest
North Fork Ranger District
Box 180
North Fork, Idaho 83466
Designated Reach: July 23, 1980. The segment of the main stem from the mouth of the North Fork of the Salmon River downstream to Long Tom Bar.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 79.0 miles; Recreational -- 46.0 miles; Total -- 125.0 miles.
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Mount Hood National Forest
16400 Champion Way
Sandy, Oregon 97055
Bureau of Land Management
Salem District
1717 Fabry Road, Southeast
Salem, Oregon 97306
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From its headwaters to its confluence with the Sandy River.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 15.0 miles; Scenic -- 4.8 miles; Recreational -- 13.7 miles; Total -- 33.5 miles.
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Ozark-St. Francis National Forest
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
Designated Reach: April 22, 1992. From its origin to the northern boundary of section 32, T14N, R18W.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 5.3 miles; Scenic -- 11.2 miles; Total -- 16.5 miles.
Richland Creek Falls, Twin Falls, an upland swamp, fossiliferous limestones, and smallmouth bass fishing are some of the features of this Ozark Mountain stream. It also flows through the Richland Creek Wilderness.
Bureau of Land Management
Taos Field Office
226 Cruz Alta Road
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Telephone: (505) 758-8851
Recorded River Information: (505) 758-8148
Santa Fe National Forest
1474 Rodeo Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502
Telephone: (505) 438-7825
Carson National Forest
208 Cruz Alta Road
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Telephone: (505) 758-6200
Designated Reach: November 7, 1988. From El Vado Ranch launch site (immediately south of El Vado Dam) downstream 24.6 miles.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 19.8 miles; Scenic -- 4.9 miles; Total -- 24.7 miles.
The Rio Chama is a major tributary of the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico. It flows through a multi-colored sandstone canyon which is at times 1,500 feet deep, and through areas that are designated as wilderness or as wilderness study areas. Towering cliffs, heavily wooded side canyons, and historical sites offer an outstanding wild river backdrop for the fisherman or floatboater. Fishing is especially good on the upper mile of this river segment. Car camping is popular on the lower 8 miles, and floatboaters enjoy two or three day trips on Class II rapids on the entire 31-mile segment (advance permits required), or half day trips on the lower segment (no advance permits required).
Co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service, the Rio Chama was designated Wild and Scenic in 1988. Applications for floatboating permits in the upper canyon can be obtained by contacting the BLM at the address/telephone above. Applications for the lottery must be received by February 1 of each year.
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Big Bend National Park
Post Office Box 129
Big Bend National Park, Texas 79834
Telephone: (915) 477-2251
Designated Reach: November 10, 1978. The segment on the United States side of the river from river mile 842.3 above Mariscal Canyon downstream to river mile 651.1 at the Terrell-Val Verde County line.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 95.2 miles; Scenic -- 96.0 miles; Total -- 191.2 miles.
This 196-mile stretch of the United States side of the Rio Grande along the Mexican border begins in Big Bend National Park. The river cuts through isolated, rugged canyons and Chihuahuan Desert as it continues downstream to the Terrell-Val Verde county line.
Related Sites:
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Mount Hood National Forest
16400 Champion Way
Sandy, Oregon 97055
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From its headwaters to the confluence with the Clackamas River.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 13.5 miles; Recreational -- 0.2 miles; Total -- 13.7 miles.
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Siskiyou National Forest
Post Office Box 440
Grants Pass, Oregon 97528
Bureau of Land Management
3040 Biddle Road
Medford, Oregon 97504
Designated Reach: October 2, 1968. The segment of the river extending from the mouth of the Applegate River downstream to the Lobster Creek Bridge.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 33.6 miles; Scenic -- 7.5 miles; Recreational -- 43.4 miles; Total -- 84.5 miles.
Emerging from the western slope of Oregon's Cascade Mountains, the Rogue winds across farmlands and orchards before passing through wilderness to the Pacific Ocean. The river is renowned for whitewater boating and anadromous fishing opportunities.
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Rogue River National Forest
333 West 9th
Post Office Box 520
Medford, Oregon 97501
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From the Crater Lake National Park boundary downstream to the Rogue River National Forest boundary at Prospect.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 6.1 miles; Scenic -- 34.2 miles; Total -- 40.3 miles.
From the Crater Lake National Park boundary downstream to Prospect, this section of the Rogue follows a major highway and tourist route to the park. Its diverse landscape includes pumice flats, deep gorges and chutes, and unique ecological systems.
Related sites:
Wild and Scenic (Lower) Rogue River (Siskiyou National Forest)
Crater Lake National Park